Author: Thomas Fleming
SNONEWS Day: The real campaign
What the pundits are missing is the real contest over which party can produce the most outrageously ridiculous member of Congress. Here at SNO we are calling it the Kanye West award.
Dr. Fleming “Justice in Early Greece”, Excerpt from 2023 Fleming Foundation Summer Symposium Lecture. 5 min.
A 5 Minute excerpt from the Fleming Foundation Summer Seminar: How justice is corrupted by “rights.” All Lectures available now at the website store.
Westerns Episode 8: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
A singular movie among John Ford’s work, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance showcases the American West and questions narratives about heroes, politics, and America itself.Homework for next episode will be to watch Howard Hawks’ El Dorado.
It’s Too Late To Say You’re Sorry
One year ago, Eric Adams, mayor of New York, welcomed the first busload of illegal immigrants to the Big Apple. One year later he is crying in his cider:
Robert Hickson, RIP
I have just received the sad news that my old friend Bob Hickson died recently. Bob was a West Point graduate and Vietnam veteran who is known to many traditional Catholics for his devotion to the Catholic tradition. Although a few years older than I am, he was my student in a summer school course in Augustan Latin literature at Chapel Hill. It was typical of Bob that his response, when I had given him some Ovid to read, was a mixture of admiration and disgust. “Why he even sneers at the emperor Augustus.” It is symptomatic of the age...
The Rights of Slaves and the Slaves of Rights, Part 1: Thug Rights
In this Podcast, 18 Minutes, the topic is the Flash Mob Rule that now controls major American cities.
Reading Homer, Iliad IV Updated 08/30
In the fourth book of the Iliad, the gods begin to reveal their great power, though it is neither unlimited nor unanimous. It is very easy to misread their role.
The Worst Things Since Sliced Bread II
In the first installment, we talked a great deal–as the title would suggest–about food and food technology. There is an unlimited number of topics, ranging from gardening to travel to the virtualization of reality. This week I propose clothing.