Author: Thomas Fleming

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It’s Morning Again and Again and Again

The day after Trump’s victory, a correspondent dropped me a note to ask if I agreed with a Chronicles contributor–whether current or former I do not recall–who told him that the country had turned the corner, and we could count on a counter-revolution that would fix the immigration crisis, restore law and order to the streets, and turn back the anti-human sexual revolution.

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A Botched Civilization, Part 1 of 2

The First World War was a defining moment for the civilization of Europe.  The first war and its inevitable successor have been called Europe’s civil war, and there is truth in this characterization.  Divided by language, religion, and culture, the nations of Europe were united in a common civilization.  But if the two conflicts were part of a European civil war, they were also the beginning of the end of Europe and Christendom, whose memory is now preserved only in libraries, museums, and some churches.

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Puttin’ On the Ritz Crackers

I used to take some care in cutting and lighting my cigars, but the sight of the aficionados at work, many of whom have less taste in cigars than the affected young man, has driven me to biting the end off and snatching a light from a pack of cheap matches or from the kitchen stove.

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Wooden Heads and Stony Hearts

The abortion question is being raised by both sides in the shadow boxing performance we call presidential elections. No other question so exemplifies Sam Francis’ characterization (borrowed from the father of Neoconservatism, Benjamin Disraeli) of our two national factions as the Evil Party and the Stupid Party.