Inaugurated  By Alan Howe, January 2009

There are no ends in the human existence, only new beginnings

Shoulder to Shoulder in a Continuum  By Alan Howe, January 2009

Military force is a poor hammer for building a peaceful future.

A Persian Horse  By Alan Howe, February 2009

The most important signal sent by the Iranian voters will be the one meant for the clerics: This is the government we demand.  To survive, the clerics must satisfy that demand.

The Glorious Blessings of Fate  By Alan Howe, February 2009

Fate consigns us to empire and colonies.  Would that another fate rescue us!

Cowards of Scale  By Alan Howe, February 2009

Our performance as occupiers is poor as is befitting a nation that won independence from a colonial power.

The Next President  By Alan Howe, March 2009

Indeed, we are threatened by nothing more than we are threatened by subverters of our Constitution escaping Justice.

We Are Blindfolded  By Alan Howe, March 2009

We dance and laugh and cry and live on this delicate floor mindful, hopefully mindful, of the dangers that lurk below.

The First of the Seventh  By Alan Howe, March 2009

I am sick with caissons.  They pass by with crushing sorrow.

The Surprising Defeat of Hugo Chavez  By Alan Howe, April 2009

They silently wielded the weapon of human dignity that vanquishes the mean and the base and the vile.