Westerns Episode 3
In this episode Dr. Fleming and Stephen discuss High Noon (1952) and how it has endured despite the intentions of its creators. Homework for next episode: watch Rio Grande.
Author: Thomas Fleming
America A Captive Nation: The Subversion of Language, Part A
Among the most precious parts of a cultural revolution is language, and it is inevitable that the language of a subject people is treated no more gently than religious shrines or historical monument.
The Dahl’s House–The Decline of the West in Miniature
The problem with Western civilization is not exemplified by the rewriting of the books of Roald Dahl, but by the success of a writer like Raold Dahl or Stephen King or…. “but the task of filling up the blanks I’d rather leave to you.”
We’re All Rockford Now
People in Rockford have an inferiority complex. In the nearly 40 years I have lived here, the city has broken into the national news on very few occasions, and virtually every one was a source of shame.
Seven Against Thebes
This is not a one-dimensional play, but looked at in moral and social terms, Aeschylus’ trilogy shows what happens when family relations are out of joint: The entire city suffers.
America, a Captive Nation: The Destruction of Monuments
The first American oubtreak of political iconoclasm took place during the Federal government’s “reconstruction” of the South. The euphemism “reconstruction” is a typical tool of all despotisms, which use words like patriotism, human rights, people’s republics, reeducation camps, and social justice to cover vast confiscations of property, mass murder, and the corruption of children
America, the Captive Nation: Suppression of Ancient Institutions
The revolutionary American regime, since the 1930s, through compulsory school legislation, child labor laws, and child protection statutes, has gone much further than the USSR n directly attacking even the authority of parents over children
UFOs, Dinosaurs, and Groundhogs , a Podcast
America’s superstitious obsession with forecasting the future.
A Pagan Reads John, V: The Kingdom of God
Joannes tells us that many Jews at this time, seeing the signs, put their trust in Jesus. I asked a Roman friend, familiar with the sect, what they meant by “put their trust,” and he used the Roman verb “credere,” but that rathe begs the question. I don’t have to tell you that our word pisteuo does not mean simply to think something is so, as in, “I believe you are right” or “I believe Socrates is wise” or “Zeus is god.”….
A Pagan Reads John, IV: The First Sign
I do not know how much you have heard about this Jewish savior Jesus. Like others of his calling, he is said to possess magical qualities. In the stories I have heard about wonder-workers, the point of the miracle is usually to show how powerful the divine teacher is, and there is not much more to it.
