Play the Russia Card Against China
The foreign policy crowd is in a tizzy over China threatening Taiwan. If Beijing invades, should we go to war to defend Taipei? I don’t think a war is going to happen.
The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
Not Just a Number, Episode 13, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
The episode when McGoohan was off filming a movie and needed a stand-in…literally!
Jerks 00.D: What happened to manners?
Jerks come in every imaginable age, size, sex, and type, but they all share one common quality: They have absolutely no manners,
A Common Place for Common Places: Vergil on the Media
From Aeneid Book Four, where Fama–Rumor–spreads truth and lies about Dido’s dalliance with Aeneas.
The Autodidact on Aristotle
The one figure who defines modern thought is Aristotle, not of course because modern thinkers have followed him, but because since Galileo and Descartes and Bacon, scientists and philosophers have defined themselves by their opposition to Aristotle
Taking Responsibility for Crime
Willie Smith III was executed today in Alabama for the brutal and capricious murder of a woman he had kidnapped from an ATM. The usual critics of the death penalty have not been silent in their opposition to Smith’s execution.
Poems: Walter De La Mare
In honor of the upcoming celebration of the Eve of All Saints, I offer these eery poems by Walter De La Mare.
Utopias Unlimited, Part II
In turning the conventional on its head, Gilbert was able to see into the paradoxes that lay just beneath the surface of Victorian morality.
Wednesday’s Child: The Glass Veranda
This week my wife is expected to give birth to our child. How can I not recall the moment in my beloved Pasternak’s Spektorsky, when the poet says….
A Letter from Alabama: The Legacy of Colin Powell by the Alabaman
Former U.S. Secretary of State, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell has died, according to reports in the media, from “Covid complications.” Since General Powell had received all the government coerced shots, skeptics may be wondering how this could have happened! The mainstream media legacy of Colin Powell does not entirely match up with the historical record.
