Category: Fleming
Booth Tarkington, Great American Novelist
This is a revised and amplified version of some old writings that go back ultimately to a talk I gave at our second Second Summer School. On a personal note, I first read Tarkington, so I recall, at the age of eleven or twelve
Greek I.xxii: Πᾶς PLUS Vocabulary and Translation Audio
An easy lesson with only the word Πᾶς to memorize.
Waiting for the Man on a Horse…
Gavin Newsome and J.B. Pritzker–among many other senior Democratic politicians–are becoming the 10th Amendment’s strongest defender
Who is Jerry Mandering!?
Gerrymandering is an essential part of the American constitutional process–like bribery, corruption, and contempt for the 1Oth Amerndment.
Hitler Rides Again
No, the Führer has not been found in Brazil and microwaved back to life, but the useful Hitler myth lives on as an image to be invoked whenever things are not turning out as they are supposed to.
Life in the Dark Age, The Corruption of Language, Part II
Among most common example these days come from IT and business management. Business management experts give us such portmanteau words as “freemium,” “satisfries,” and webinar,” to say nothing of such horrors as “incentivize” and “customer journey,” and “next generation.”
