Good News in a Dark Time from Anthony Bukoski
I just received word from Anthony Bukoski that his latest book. The Blondes of Wisconsin, has just been published.
Author: Thomas Fleming
Debunking the Myths of American History, Part I: The Problem
History is bunk, said Henry Ford on a famous occasion. His sentiments were echoed, as Forrest McDonald reminded a conservative audience, by President George H.W. Bush, who would anyone who lost a political squabble with him with the phrase, “He’s history,” as if to say that they were without significance.
Take Five: The British Monarchy
Americans seem divided on the British Royal Family. Hollywood adores Mr. and Mrs. Markle, while many populist conservatives complain that their antics should remind us why we rebelled in 1776. Looking for sanity in such a debate may be a futile exercise, but….
The Seven: A Digression on Sex
Greeks were not squeamish about discussing sexual matters, though their degree of frankness depended upon circumstance and genre: What could be said in a comedy or put on a vase was not the same as the treatment of sex in tragedy or religious sculpture.
Brief Roman Chronology of Later Roman History
A Brief Chronology of later Roman History with a few quotations and citations added as the weeks go by….
Saving the Remnant, I: The Decline of the Roman Empire
In preparation for the Summer Seminar on the age of Boethius, Stephen and Dr. Fleming discuss the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. This podcast is available to Gold and Charter subscribers. For the chronology, please see Chronology post on the website.
Give Us This Day Our What Kind of Bread?
A podcast discussion of the most vexed line in the Lord’s Prayer–and in all the Gospels.
The Seven: Some Possibly Relevant Background
The period of the Persian Wars and the aftermath were a period of intense political activity at Athens. In one generation, Athenians had expelled the tyrants, completely reorganized their commonwealth, and beaten back two Persian invasions. Such success was bound to inspire confidence in the Athenian commonwealth, a confidence that would lead first to to the hybris of the Athenian Empire and then to the ruin Athens suffered in the war with Sparta and her allies.
Thomas Fleming Interviewed By Dissident Mama
Yesterday evening (Thursday, April Fools Day) I rushed home from a long day of pub-crawling in Southern Wisconsin to keep my promised appointment with “Dissident Mama,” a blogger and podcaster I met last Fall in Charleston.
Eteocles and the Women
In their terror, the maidens imagine all the horrors of a city taken by storm, and while the audience would have sympathized with their agitation, Eteocles is right to crack down, but his reaction is extreme, calling them immediately “unendurable” before declaring that neither in good times nor bad would he share a house with womankind.
