The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
THE BOOMING TREND OF ANIMAL IDOLATRY
A new law went into effect in the State of Alabama on 1 October that, perhaps unintentionally, pitted two wings of the vast, over-the-top, animal-loving segment of society against each other.
Italian Oct 12 2026
Read Olga Ragusa, “Nouns and Articles,” the first section on nouns, and relearn what you either did not learn or have forgotten. My notes are not intended to cover the entire subject, only to draw attention to and clarify the more difficult topics.
Augustine Confessions Book 4 and 5 October 8
This is a key book. In it A. describes his growing dissatisfaction with Manichaean doctrine..
Wednesday’s Child: Milk and Honey
I used to buy honey from a local, who would make an appointment with me to meet on a street corner. Bought clandestinely, in the manner of drugs, it tasted like heaven.
Republicans: ‘Don’t let Democrats touch your Medicare!’
Here’s a message tip for Republicans heading toward the Nov. 3 plebiscite: Whenever Democrats bring up their Medicare for All scheme, shout: “Don’t let Democrats touch your Medicare!”
Wednesday’s Child: Flying Budget
I just got back from Florence, whither I had been summoned to give a meandering, charmingly unintelligible ramble at the unveiling of a book to which I contributed an introductory essay.
Anarcho-Tyranny, Phase II
Whatever an individual prosecutor, judge, or mayor may be imagining, the decision to set free violent criminals to terrorize the decent working people of the USA is consistent with an overall attitude other every tyrannical ruling class.
That Great Sucking Sound
There is a meme/reel going around Facebook contrasting Pat Robertson, who was gassing on about the Creator punishing the wicked, and Frank Zappa gassing on about how doom-predicting tax-exempt pastors were fleecing the public.
Augustine’s Confessions Book IV (9/26)
Augustine begins the book by repudiating the liberal doctrines, false religion, sooth-saying, and astrology, but admits that he was attracted by all of them except the fortune-tellers who demanded sacrifices to daimonia.
Wednesday’s Child: Something to Celebrate
Generally, as my father always said, a birthday is an occasion for rending one’s garments and scattering ashes over one’s head…
