Posts Tagged ‘Alexander’
Among the looks for spring 2011 are flared-leg pants, platform shoes, botanical colors and prints, minimalist outfits and lower hemlines. "Elegant American sportswear." Those are the words that best sum up the recent spring 2011 runway shows in New York. A new generation of designers has turned the page here, led by Alexander Wang, who has figured out what people want and how much they are ...
Lies of the midsomer murderer: As a gifted son gets life for butchering his ‘pushy’ father, how amateur village …
Friday, September 10th, 2010
Yesterday morning, Mark Alexander was jailed for life - he will serve a minimum of 16 years - for the murder of his father Samuel.
Federalist 15 – Hamilton
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Alexander Hamilton commences his discussion of the deficiencies of confederacy with Federalist 15 . Publius has alluded to this throughout the first 14 papers, but now he undertakes a concerted effort to demonstrate the insufficiency of the confederate form of government. This particular essay is even more polemical than is usual for Hamilton. So convinced is he that the confederacy falls short of meeting the needs of the Nation, he asserts that it is beyond debate. In pursuance of the pl
The Federalist No. 15
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
October 11, 2009Leave a commentGo to comments by Alexander HamiltonInsufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the UnionTo the People of the State of New York:IN THE course of the preceding papers, I have endeavored, my fellow citizens, to place before you, in a clear and convincing light, the importance of Union to your political safety and happiness. I have unfolded to you a complication of dangers to which you would be exposed, should you permit that sacred knot which binds the peo
The Line Between Good and Evil – An Interview with Richard Holloway
Saturday, October 10th, 2009
The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either – but right through every human heart. ~Alexander Solzhenitsyn Following my review of Between the Monster and the Saint posted on Monday I had the pleasure of interviewing the author, Richard Holloway. Here is a transcript of our conversation: Mary: I’ll go straight for the jugular and start with the most personal questions. You were Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episc