Thomas Fleming
Thomas Fleming is president of the Fleming Foundation. He is the author of six books, including The Morality of Everyday Life and The Politics of Human Nature, as well as many articles and columns for newspapers, magazines,and learned journals. He holds a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and a B.A. in Greek from the College of Charleston. He served as editor of Chronicles: a Magazine of American Culture from 1984 to 2015 and president of The Rockford Institute from 1997-2014. In a previous life he taught classics at several colleges and served as a school headmaster in South Carolina
Thank you. I really enjoyed this. Perhaps it will inspire some of those unfamiliar with your work.
Good discussion. I recall that in a Russian language class at DLI, a recent immigrant teacher was trying to generate casual discussion in Russian. He made the mistake of asking the class members to discuss books they have read. One student replied in English that he had only read one book, ‘The Outsiders’ and he added that it was his favorite book. I may have rescued the blindsided teacher from suicide by bringing up Dostoevski. He exclaimed “Я люблю Достоевского!”
Antebellum: The Catholic bishop in South Carolina was invited to address the legislature and was on genial terms with the Protestant clergy. In New York and Philadelphia mobs attacked and destroyed convents with the collusion of local authorities.