The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
Podcast: Sorting Out the Latest Persian War
Tom Fleming and Jim Easton try to find some sense in the Peace President’s military adventure.
Wednesday’s Child: Farewell Great Britain
Great Britain finally gave up the ghost in the early days of this rainy March, but I shall not now dwell on the immediate cause of her passing, which was, of course, the extirpation of hereditary peerage in the House of Lords.
The Empire’s Attic and Welcome to Arezzo
I had already seen, in every major town that fell under Florentine occupation, the visible signs of Florentine tyranny in the glowering fortresses built by the Medici dukes.
Iran War SitRep Day 13: Resemblances to the Ukraine War
All wars are different. But they have similarities, especially those close in time…. How are things similar to a war up on the steppes of Eastern Europe to a war in the mountains of the Middle East?
Hellish Arrival
There have been more comfortable trips to Italy. The flight was delayed for over an hour in which repairmen fixed some problem in the toilet. They could have simply locked up the one of many facilities, but since the flight was full of young female travelers, who absolutely must hear the sound of running water at least once in every hour, they made the right decision.
Wednesday’s Child: Politics by Other Means
Don’t you know there’s a war on, as the reprimand went in the last big one. Detached from reality though I am by disposition, I ought to acknowledge that yes, something like a war is going on there, in fact more than one.
Iran War SitRep: Day 9: Pro-War Wall Street Journal shows war not going well for Trump
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page is neocon and obsessively pro-war. They pushed the Iran War as much as any publication.
Iran War SitRep Day 8: The war after one week; war reveals
“War reveals” is my guiding insight for the Iran War. Let’s see what we have discovered the past week.
Italian III.14
First, although LL only presents two tenses, there are in fact four tenses of the subjunctive, just as there were in Latin. In addition to present and Passato Rimoto, there are also:
