Author: Thomas Fleming
A Poetic Anathema to Journalists by Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Lee Masters of Illinois was a law partner of Clarence Darrow until Darrow tried to frame him for his own chicanery. He was a biographer of Lincoln and Vachel Lindsay–the only other poet from Illinois. I’ve never much liked his verse, but he did have the knack of capturing the characters of the Midwest.
When Bad Things Happen to Good People……
This a much revised section of a chapter (“The Demands of Blood”) of Volume II of Properties of Blood. It is the first of a series of chapters in which vengeance–its nature, its institutions, its justifications–are discussed. It begins by taking up one of the oldest and still most thorny ethical dilemmas: Why do good men suffer, and what can be done about it? It is the first step in laying the groundwork for understanding the violent anarchy into which American society has fallen and the possible means at our disposal for redressing the injustices.
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.
