More Birthdays
Benedict Arnold, Martin Luther King, Richard Savage, Magdalen Nabb, Ben Franklin, Al Capone, Arnold Rothstein, Pope Pius V, Cassius Clay, A.A. Milne, Archie Leach,
Author: Thomas Fleming
Poetry: Savage Comments on Journalists
Richard Savage, whose birthday falls in January, was a close friend of Johnson who celebrated his unfortunate life and death in prison from liver failure. This passage is from a longer satire “The Authors.” Note how brutally relevant are down to the last detail, e.g., the stupid press’s attack on inoculation and their cruelty toward the unfortunate.
Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New
A 13 minute podcast responding to comments on requests sent in at the end of the year…
A Time to Kill? (Conclusion)
In deciding whether it would be just to retaliate against an act of aggression, we should also consider the nature of the intended target. Is it an old an honorable ally, whose current leadership has made a mistake or is it an inveterate enemy that has consistently transgressed the laws of nations? It makes a difference…
Some January Birthdays
A 19 minute podcast on the birthdays of Captain John Smith, Paul Revere, Zora Neale Hurston, Joan of Arc, Jesse Presley (the good twin), J.R.R. Tolkien, Karl Čapek, Frank James, Theodosius I, Bob Denver, Richard Nixon, Robert Stack, Ray Price, …. and David Bowie..
Turning Green to Gold, Part One of Two
Greenies would like to terrify us into totalitarian measures designed to eliminate human civilization—if not humanity itself—from the planet. Manmade Global Climate Change (finally) is the latest proof that our way of life, especially our bourgeois individualism and weird attachment to private property, is evil.
A Time to Kill? Part Two
The consequences of war are one of the elements in Christian theories of just war. Now, few Americans are sufficiently Christian as to take Christian arguments seriously. They may justly claim to have “joy joy joy” down in their hearts, but that joy will not prevent them from divorcing their wives, cheating on their taxes, or watching Hollywood movies
Hamming It Up With Chef Garret
A 31 minute podcast on making ham. Check out https://www.bigbellyque.com.
A Nation Addicted to Violence
A 31 minute podcast in which Rex and the founder disagree sharply over the resolution: Violent movies and television shows are the antithesis of art and toxic drug for an addiction-prone nation.
A Time to Kill? Part One of Three
President Trump’s decision to kill General Soleimani has stirred up the predictable opposition. For Nancy Pelosi and her party, Trump had to be condemned either for making an inadequate response to Iranian terrorist aggression against the United States or for a response she has decided, on her own authority, to declare a war crime.
