Author: Thomas Fleming
Modern Greek III: Likes and Dislikes, PLUS MORE CLASSICAL VOCABULARY IN MG
Expressing what you want or don’t want, like or not like, plus the present tense of I want.
Hitler Rides Again
No, the Führer has not been found in Brazil and microwaved back to life, but the useful Hitler myth lives on as an image to be invoked whenever things are not turning out as they are supposed to.
Life in the Dark Age, The Corruption of Language, Part II
Among most common example these days come from IT and business management. Business management experts give us such portmanteau words as “freemium,” “satisfries,” and webinar,” to say nothing of such horrors as “incentivize” and “customer journey,” and “next generation.”
Chesterton’s Road from Rome: Conclusion
The Greek and Roman pagans, by virtue of their belief in their own moral freedom, were in fact free, and this puts them in stark contrast with such servile and bloody nations as the Aztecs and the Carthaginians
Anthony Bukoski at the Top of His Craft: The Thief of Words
Tony Bukoski’s most recent volume of stories is the most inter-connected of any of his works.
The Road From Rome, Part I
This talk on Chesterton and Rome was delivered at the 20th Anniversary of The Chesterton Society, held in Toronto, Canada, 16-18 September 1994, and published, if memory serves, in The Chesterton Review.
