Topic: Marquis de Lafayette

This is not only an attack on the United States, but an attack on the civilized world

The Almanac Aug 30, 2005

We've been looking for a piece of Tula furniture for 25 years

Artful salute to St. Peterburg's 300th Oct 16, 2003

The public needs to be reassured that false and misleading corporate profit statements are an exception to the norm and will not be tolerated. Corporate executives need to be reassured that Congress will not go overboard and impose unworkable restrictions. New, ill-defined personal liabilities for chief executive officers and chief financial officers could make it much harder for companies to attract strong leadership. Congress should proceed quickly but with due deliberation

UPI's Capital Comment for July 22, 2002 Jul 22, 2002

He missed it coming. In the final months of his life, he was very, very worried and upset by what was happening to his friends. He saw absolutely no parallels between what was going on in France and America's struggle

U.S. founders and the French Revolution Jun 13, 2002

It would be interesting to muse on what positions Franklin would have taken as the revolution wore on. For even though he was very radical, he was also very much a person who believed in sort of a workable, sensible, revolution

U.S. founders and the French Revolution Jun 13, 2002