Oobla Dee Oobla Da, Life Goes On Even Without Trump
It’s time to dry our eyes, take a deep breath, and bear our burdens cheerfully.
It’s time to dry our eyes, take a deep breath, and bear our burdens cheerfully.
In the conflict between Fraud and Megalomania, sensible Americans would do well to cheer up and go about their everyday business, take a vacation, read a book…..
Rex takes issue with Dr. Fleming on his lectures from the Fleming Foundation Summer Symposium. “Greek Philosophy influenced Christianity?” Pagans have something to teach Christians? Some heresies are put to rest in this 25 minute podcast.
Pancho Villa, Dean Martin, Francis Crick, Judy Garland, Ben Jonson, Gene Wilder,
In this episode of Off the Shelf, Dr. Fleming and Stephen shamelessly plug the newest publication from the Foundation, A Thousand Years of Jihad. Both Dr. Fleming and Stephen discuss their reflections on the essays contained therein, authored by Dr. Brownlow and Dr. Fleming. The Barbary Pirates, Janos Hunyadi, and Lord Byron are just a few of the cast of characters.
Duke of Wellington, Robert Browning, Edward Gibbon, Justinian the Great, Meredith Wilson, Pietro Bembo, Alexander Pope, Wild Bill Hickock, Patrick Henry, Benny Goodman
In this episode, Dr. Fleming and Stephen discuss Memorial Day, formerly known as Decoration Day. Dr. Fleming first explains his opposition in general to these sorts of government sponsored fake holy-days, then specifically why he opposes Memorial Day like most federal holidays.
In this episode of Off the Shelf, Dr. Fleming and Stephen discuss what is often pushed onto today’s high schoolers as a candidate for “The Great American Novel.” They start the discussion by examining whether there is such a thing as “the” Great American Novel and then delve a bit deeper into a book that pleasantly surprised both of them on what was a third or fourth read.
In this episode Dr. Fleming and Stephen continue to discuss the role of the gods in Homer as well as the outlines of Greek religion in general, its practices, “commandments,” and theology. We also briefly explore the age-old discussion: why do the good suffer?