Author: Thomas Fleming
Nine Malevolent Despots, Conclusion
The wise men of 1787, as suspicious of the absolutism of an entrenched elite as they were of mob rule (which they called democracy), never intended the Supreme Court to hold ultimate or absolute authority over decisions made by all American governments.
Nine Malevolent Despots
The Supreme Court, supposedly designed as a check on arbitrary government, has been a force for tyranny since the days of John Marshall.
Take Five: Sarah Sanders and the Little Red Hen
Rex Scott and Thomas Fleming take on both Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the manager of the Red Hen
Time Will Say Nothing But I Told You So
I only have one question to put to conservatives who are waxing wroth about the media coverage of the Trump Administration: Why are you reading Time and the New York Times? Why are you watching ABC, CNN, and FOX?
Taine and Acton on The History of the French Revolution
To Taine’s great credit, he was not taken in by the myth of two revolutions: the British-style reformist revolution of 1789, followed by the Jacobin Terror caused by a few bad men who betrayed the spirit of 1789. This pernicious myth–like the myth of the good Kerensky in 1917 or of England’s Glorious Revolution–blinds us to the realities of our own times, when socialists and Trotskyists complain that 60’s radicals betrayed the dream.
Poems of the Week: R.L. Stevenson for Children plus a wretched imitator
Some of my own childhood favorites from A Child’s Garden of Verses, plus a modernist poem possibly inspired by Stevenson.
Fleming Foundation’s Five Minutes: Separating Parents from Children
Welcome to the first installment of this new feature, available to all registered subscribers. Thomas Fleming and Rex Scott give 300 seconds on a big news story.
Scribes, Pharisees, Hypocrites on Immigration
Christian pastors and leaders throughout history have often been stupid, ignorant, and corrupt, always eager to twist the Faith to fit whatever opinions are fashionable, but the current generation of vipers is really the limit.
Poems of the Week: Henry Timrod
These poems of Henry Timrod, the finest poet of the War Between the States, are posted courtesy of Vince Cornell:
