The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
Senator Kelly Vindicates MacArthur
General MacArthur, it is true, overstepped the limits of his authority, but now Senator Mark Kelly, retired Navy captain, insists that American military personnel have the right to disobey the President–and thus a fortiori senior officers–if they regard an order as illegal.
Wednesday’s Child: The Arsonists
Or take another example, drawn from my four-year-old son’s videothèque – the sinking of the Titanic, which some inscrutable whimsy makes the child obsessed with at the moment.
Studying War: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
If wolves and chimpanzees can usually resolve conflicts within the group without massive blood-letting, why are modern human communities so wracked by violent crime? And, while it is true that in wars between groups of carnivorous mammals, the death rate can be very high, the numbers are only a small fraction of the human beings killed in brush wars that barely make the newspapers. Why, then, are human wars so devastating?
Living Pretty Well: Pasulj and Proja (Beans and Cornbread)
In this ten minute audio–I hope to graduate to video soon–I describe how I made a pretty good Serbian dinner, despite several mistakes. If anyone would like written recipes, I should be happy to supply them.
Trump’s Peace Plan–As Dead as 2 Million Ukrainian Soldiers
Let’s also get real about the real reason for this war: The Europeans and neocons want to destroy Russia.
Italian III.6 With Pronoun Review COMPLETE
If there are any remaining students, please sign in now…Informal imperatives, pronouns with informal imperatives, asking directions, booking rooms….
Wednesday’s Child: Traditional Values
A delegation from the Moscow Patriarchate arrived in Washington yesterday to work over those in the administration who do not yet believe that the Kremlin is an embattled bulwark of enlightened conservatism.
Studying War: Bellicose Hypocrisies
The conventional position taken in academic discourse is that war can only be excused in extreme cases usually defined by one party’s assertion of higher motive. If repetition of a lie confers truth, then the justification for modern wars is unassailable.
