The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
What is Paleoconservatism, Part V: The Fatal Attraction of Politics
In striking out on our own, we did not intend to surrender the wisdom painfully acquired by earlier generations of classical liberals, libertarians, and small-government conservatives. If government interference in private life was a major source of social and moral dissolution, then it made no sense to call upon governments to save the family, restore community, or promote great art.
Why Does Anybody Believe a CIA Whistleblower?
Now we have the spectacle of an unknown “whistleblower” from the CIA trying to take out the president of the United States over the whole Ukraine nonsense. Which isn’t surprising, given that the intelligence services were taken over in the Obama years by far-left democrats, including John “Red” Brennan, James Comey and James Clapper. When their beloved Hillary lost the election, the became enraged, along with their factotums in the media, and have launched multiple assaults on Trump.
Disarm the Kurds!
Trump is taking flak for the best action of his administration to date–refusing to support the Christian-killing Kurds.
Wednesday’s Child: A City Full of Idols
I have no statistics to corroborate this, but I would wager the incidents of choking to death in households where grace is said before meals are few and far between.
Roscoe Pound and the Invention of the Living Constitution by James Patrick
Alfred Kinsey was an important link in the drive to transform common law into code law, law that simply expressed and relied upon the will and authority of the state.
The War on Property
A 29 minute lecture on disappearing property rights available to Charter and Gold subscribers.
Poem: “Adam’s Curse” by William Butler Yeats
We sat together at one summer’s end,
That beautiful mild woman, your close friend,
And you and I, and talked of poetry.
Humpty Dumpty: Prolific Lies
Not a day goes by that I do not see the word “prolific” being misused. Today, for example, an online USA Today headline reads: “Convicted killer Samuel Little, who claims 93 murders, is ‘most prolific serial killer’ in US history, FBI says.” Similar offenses appeared in headlines for Inside Edition, the LA Times, and newspapers and television stations around the country.
