Author: Thomas Fleming
Ukraine, Is Putin Insane?
Dr. Fleming and Rex talk the whys and wherefores of the war in Ukraine and the American media campaign of disinformation .
The Ukraine Delusion
Jonathan Swift famously denied that man was a rational animal and insisted that he was only capax rationis, capable of exercising reason but rarely taking the trouble to do so. What else an explain the repeated outbreaks of folly and delusion that have marked our history?
Autodidact: The Ancient Wisdom of Theognis
Surveys of Western Civ usually convey the impression that Greek literature was dominated by Athenians and their Ionian Greek cousins.
Time Reclaimed
Twice every year like clockwork, Americans turn briefly away from the iWatches and video screens to which they have committed their souls in order to take up that most pressing question of postmodern times: Is Daylight Savings Time a good thing?
Autodidact: Filmer
I have been asked, many times, to explain my objections to John Locke and his theory of natural rights and the social contract. One way to address that question is the discussion of Sir Robert Filmer Patriarcha I undertook some years ago.
Art for What’s Sake? Part X
“So,” Charley said after a pause, “the purpose of art—at least in the sense that you are using the word—is not simply to have an effect on the audience or reader, even if the effect is good?”
Humpty Dumpty Goes to Kyiv
The first thing our rulers do, when they want us to approve some act of folly or aggression, is to change names.
The Ukraine’s Got Electrolytes
The best reason to follow Facebook is the insight it gives you into the American mind, especially the bizarre mind of self-described conservatives.
Masters of War
I am not a pacifist, but in my lifetime the US has not engaged in a war I could approve of.
