I only have one question to put to conservatives who are waxing wroth about the media coverage of the Trump Administration: Why are you reading Time and the New York Times? Why are you watching ABC, CNN, and FOX?
In this episode Dr Fleming discusses Book I of De Republica. Cicero writes, in his own way, that when it comes to government and amelioration of the public good, that it is “not good for man to be alone.” Dr. Fleming also alludes to Cicero’s conception of the ideal composition of the commonwealth (not the “state”). Original Air Date: June 2018 Show Run Time: 46 minutes Show Guest(s): Dr. Thomas Fleming Show Host(s): Stephen Heiner This Podcast is available for Gold subscribers and higher. Christianity and Classical Culture℗ is a Production of the Fleming Foundation. Copyright 2018. All rights...
Even though the Trump Boom made him the richest man in the history of the galaxy, Jeff Bezos’ blog, a/k/a the Washington Post, screeched a record amount of Fake News Wednesday on what I’m calling the ObamaCage Crisis. The name comes from Trump inheriting the children in the ObamaCage crisis from Obama. Below I list the 23 stories on the crisis, or related to it, on WaPo’s Internet Front Page as of about 7:10 pm Pacific Time, June 20, 2018. I’ve provided the links to click for readers seeking extra amusement. The links are to the original stories, except for...
The “debate” really isn’t about separation, It’s about whether President Trump will be permitted to do what he said he would do: stop illegal immigration. And that, in turn, means the “debate” is really about raw politics. Generally, immigrants vote for Democrats.
To Taine’s great credit, he was not taken in by the myth of two revolutions: the British-style reformist revolution of 1789, followed by the Jacobin Terror caused by a few bad men who betrayed the spirit of 1789. This pernicious myth–like the myth of the good Kerensky in 1917 or of England’s Glorious Revolution–blinds us to the realities of our own times, when socialists and Trotskyists complain that 60’s radicals betrayed the dream.
Some of my own childhood favorites from A Child’s Garden of Verses, plus a modernist poem possibly inspired by Stevenson.
Welcome to the first installment of this new feature, available to all registered subscribers. Thomas Fleming and Rex Scott give 300 seconds on a big news story.
“Only Cherries” Neo-Beatnik Rex Scott resuscitates the dead art of reading poetry to jazz accompaniment. Listen at your own risk
Like lead in the keel of a sailing vessel, which keeps it from capsizing, sloth is what has given our island its stability, its longevity, and its virtue. I never tire of pointing out to incredulous visitors that Sicily has more extant Greek antiquities than Greece because the people here were too lazy to break apart temples to make door jambs and pave patios.
From Under the Rubble with Dr. Fleming and Rex Scott: “Q and A, June 2018 Part 2.” Original Air Date: June 2018 Show Run Time: 40 minutes Show Guest(s): Dr. Thomas Fleming Show Host(s): Rex Scott From Under the Rubble episodes are available to Gold subscribers and higher. From Under the Rubble℗ is a Production of the Fleming Foundation. Copyright 2018. All Rights are Reserved.
Christian pastors and leaders throughout history have often been stupid, ignorant, and corrupt, always eager to twist the Faith to fit whatever opinions are fashionable, but the current generation of vipers is really the limit.
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