Hitler Rides Again
No, the Führer has not been found in Brazil and microwaved back to life, but the useful Hitler myth lives on as an image to be invoked whenever things are not turning out as they are supposed to.
The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
What Trump and Putin Want in Alaska
We’ve watched Trump closely now for 10 years and there’s one thing he always stresses: winning. He has to get a win. Putin knows that. Trump wants a cease fire, but the Russian Army is on a roll, and Putin won’t stop that.
Life in the Dark Age, The Corruption of Language, Part II
Among most common example these days come from IT and business management. Business management experts give us such portmanteau words as “freemium,” “satisfries,” and webinar,” to say nothing of such horrors as “incentivize” and “customer journey,” and “next generation.”
Wednesday’s Child: August 1914
Another scorching Sicilian summer is nearing its apogee in Ferragosto, while newspaper hacks the world over revel in the start of the silly season.
Chesterton’s Road from Rome: Conclusion
The Greek and Roman pagans, by virtue of their belief in their own moral freedom, were in fact free, and this puts them in stark contrast with such servile and bloody nations as the Aztecs and the Carthaginians
Anthony Bukoski at the Top of His Craft: The Thief of Words
Tony Bukoski’s most recent volume of stories is the most inter-connected of any of his works.
The Road From Rome, Part I
This talk on Chesterton and Rome was delivered at the 20th Anniversary of The Chesterton Society, held in Toronto, Canada, 16-18 September 1994, and published, if memory serves, in The Chesterton Review.
