Death Of One Syrian

Raed Fares, was one of the few peaceful pro-democracy activists from the early days of the Syrian uprising still making his voice heard .....

Peaceful Syrian Activist Raed Fares ....

He had been a vocal critic of both President Bashar al-Assad, and the Islamist militants during the civil war.

Vaclav Havel - A Hero For Our Times

Our age in the West has stopped producing heroes, when banality and mediocrity are the benchmarks .... so this blog is open in its admiration of the few that are produced.

Vaclav Havel - A Rolling Stone President

So its with sadness that we mark the passing away of Vaclav Havel - a hero for our times.