Category: Fleming
Tout En Noir
Trash bins in front of an old church may ruin the photograph but they cannot ruin Pisa. A brief look,at the dark side of contemporary Italy.
Tuscan Histories: The End of Lombard Italy
The Lombard kingdom, aiming at a unified Italy, was defeated by the combined forces of the papacy and the Church, but the summoning of the Franks was a disastrous mistake, and the Lombard Kingdom became the foundation of all subsequent Italian development.
Westerns Episode 18: Wind River (2017)
In the final episode of our 1990-present day section, Dr. Fleming examines the Taylor Sheridan written-and-directed film Wind River. The final episode in the series will be The Long Riders.
Via Col Vento
Or at least col aereo. After 13 days of wasting hours –and money–on renewing my passport, it arrived this morning in time to proceed with plans to fly to Munich for a ridiculously long layover…….
Texas Outlaws?
A friend and reader writes in to ask what is going in Texas, where Governor Abbott is trying to control the border with Mexico. Isn’t this unconstitutional, he asks, since the Federal government is responsible for maintaining the border?
