Disease and sickness, whether forestalled temporarily or not, are the heralds of death, which is both a divine punishment, given so that rebel mankind will not live forever, making up good and evil for himself, eternal beings given to evil, and at the same time death is Satan’s masterpiece.
In this episode of Off the Shelf Dr Fleming discusses Trent’s Last Case by EC Bentley. Bentley was a childhood friend of GK Chesterton, and like him, managed to create a compelling murder mystery detective.
In this quick chat, Dr. Fleming and Stephen share their thoughts on the first week of quarantine in their respective locations.
In this episode, Dr. Fleming gives a brief history of Greece to give more context for the opening of the Iliad, pre-Mycenean and Mycenean periods, the dark age, and beyond.
In this episode, Dr. Fleming explains the purpose of this series and how the Greeks read Homer: both as scripture and as history.
In this brief episode, Dr. Fleming and Stephen discuss the Super Tuesday results.
In this new series, Dr. Fleming and Stephen will discuss books that they are currently reading.
In this occasional series, Dr. Fleming and Stephen will discuss the state of the 2020 US Election.
What is fundamentally objectionable is not the man himself, who had his virtues and insights as well as vices, just like the rest of us; what is objectionable is the militant, uncritical cult which has grown up around his memory; what is downright contemptible are the slavish gestures made by various “Christian conservative” pundits seeking to hitch their wagons to said cult.
Text and Talk, 11 May 2019 It is difficult to forget Russia, given the proclivity of the state, real and imagined, to meddle in America elections and to violate egregiously the Monroe Doctrine by sponsoring illiberal client states such as Cuba and Venezuela that are organized on a socialist model. From 1946 to 1991 Russia was an existential threat to Western Europe. Its nuclear arsenal is now larger than that of the United States and it has the only other strategic air force in the world. Its manner in politics is bullying, and its leaders still consider the...
