Life in the Dark Age: The Corruption of Language, I
The battle over the verbal system was lost about the time people began to say, “Tomorrow we will go to the grocery store,” and “If I were you, I would not do that.”
Category: Feature
I Told You Russiagate Coup Was a Hoax Right When It Started in 2016
In addition to predicting President Trump’s victory in 2016, on Fleming.Foundation that year I called out Russiagate as the hoax it was and is.
Scott’s Ivanhoe Part II
The most striking feature of Ivanhoe is probably the depiction of the conflict between Saxons and Normans.
Poetry: Douglas Young
This is one of Douglas Young’s few poems in English (as opposed to what he called Lallans, Lowland Scots), though it is also in German, French, and Doric Greek. Note the date: 1939.
The Trump Dilemma
The MAGA coalition, if we can believe the media, is about to explode into antagonistic fragments. While many Trump voters are still loyal, others, following the lead of his would-be successors, are in rebellion. The cause of the rebellion is indicative of what is wrong with the entire movement.
Scott’s Scottish Nationalism
One important service Scott rendered his own people was the recovery of the Highlands as part of Scotland. Before Sir Walter, many Lowland Scots had shared the English view of the highlanders as brigands who periodically swept down from the hills to steal everything not nailed down. This was not an entirely false conception, as Scott freely acknowledged,
Wednesday’s Child: What Now?
I hope what I’m about to say will not make me sound like a luvvie – that untranslatable British term for an artist, especially an actor, who is embarrassingly effusive or affected – but finishing the Powell book leaves a great dark void in the mind.
Trump in Power: A Southern View
Donald Trump is not the kind of character who appeals readily to Southerners. However, he is a recognisable un-Woke American type who deserves credit for some virtues.
The Government We Deserve
Lately, I have been thinking back to an observation I made over a decade ago, that the American ruling class has been experiencing a steady regression in manners, intelligence, and dignity to the point that the leaders of both parties routinely believe like the spoiled brats they undoubtedly are.
Southing: Reflections in Washington Park, Part II
As college freshmen, my friends and I got in the habit of walking every street in the city until we could recite the street names north and south, east and west.
