Author: Thomas Fleming

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15 Jun, 2019

Watergate: The Sequel

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As calls for Trump’s impeachment or criminal prosecution get louder and louder, some Republicans are defending Trump by distinguishing his case from that of the evil Nixon. Those who are old enough to remember Watergate understand it was a tempest in a teapot. As one liberal commentator at the time pointed out, Nixon made the mistake of challenging the power of the permanent federal bureaucracy and they lynched him. It was the low point of Sam Ervin’s career, but he had justifiable concerns about the administration’s abuse of power that had nothing to do with the break-in. The rest were...

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15 Jun, 2019

Ideological Nationalism and Its Dangers

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From this point of view, Sam Francis and Pat Buchanan are are not really nationalists at all; they are more like patriots, a word that misuse, in the mouths of politicians and propagandists, has rendered unpalatable and perhaps obsolete.  In general usage, patriotism signifies a person’s willingness to take risks and make sacrifices for the sake of his country and his fellow-citizens. 

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11 Jun, 2019

Flaunting the Flag

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The Fleming Foundation’s Andy Vaught’s exclusive interview with a State Department employee angry about the recent directive against flying the Rainbow Flag.

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7 Jun, 2019

Fatal Mistakes, #1: Reproductive Health

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After decades of degrading propaganda from people like Biden, the Clintons, and the Obamas,  thoughtless and feckless Americans are confused.  Many of them appear to believe, seriously, that the right to kill babies is saving the lives of millions of women.  

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3 Jun, 2019

Liberal Nationalism versus Patriotism

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The words nationalism and patriotism are often confused, and even when political theorists draw a contrast, the result is often a distinction without a difference or a bizarre twist of meaning that defies everyday usage.  The modern concept of nationalism (just like the concept of internationalism) took shape during the French Revolution, which implemented Rousseau’s theory of the general will and continued the process of centralization inaugurated by the monarchy.   According to 19th century nationalists, the will of the nation, defined as an historic community of blood and tongue, had to find expression in a common and unified state. ...

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30 May, 2019

Poems: Songs by Thomas Campion

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Campion was a practicing physician and was among the finest song-writers of the elizabethan-Jacobean era.  He was both a poet and a composer, who in later years was known primarily as a music theorist.   The first poem is a song loosely based on a Horatian ode.  The second is a translation from Catullus.  I have provided links to Lumiarium.com for recordings.

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27 May, 2019

Two War Poems by John Streeter Manifold

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John Manifold was an Australian poet who fought in the European theater during World War II.  I read the first long ago in an anthology, and it has always served to remind me that fine and vigorous formal verse could still be written in the middle of the 20th century.  It is a pity that he is not read more outside of Australia, where is or was something of a hero.