Take 5: Italy and Immigration, Part II
How the anti-immigrant Lega Nord is once again taking the lead in opposing the Third World invasion of Europe.
The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
More Poems: Shelley in Pisa
The sun is set; the swallows are asleep;
The bats are flitting fast in the gray air;
The slow soft toads out of damp corners creep,
And evening’s breath, wandering here and there
Over the quivering surface of the stream,
Wakes not one ripple from its summer dream.
Wednesday’s Child: A Word for Angel
I’ve scarcely mentioned the Salisbury poisonings here, though the story is interesting not only from the geopolitical, but also from the social and cultural point of view. Let me fill in some of the blanks.
Religio Philologi: The Creation of the Church, Part I
According to a later Christian tradition, when Tiberius heard of this strange Jewish renegade who alone did not want to kick the Romans out of Judaea, he proposed to the senate that Christ be included in the pantheon of Roman gods. The Senate, so the story goes, objected, declaring the new religion to be illicit, though Judaism was protected by law.
The Road from Damascus, pt. III: Islamic Attacks, Christological Crisis, and the Breakdown of Symphonia
When the armies of the Prophet stormed forth from historic obscurity in Arabia and burst upon the enfeebled imperial boundaries, they knew nothing of the ecclesiastical rivalry between the thrones of Elder and New Rome.
Life–Right or Duty? Part 3: From Under the Rubble: Episode 35
How the rhetoric and reasoning of the “right to life” movement subverts the defense of innocent life.
Take Five: Italy Takes the Lead on Immigration, Part I
The Italian government is standing up to pressures from the EU to take in refugees that will not be allowed into France and Germany….
Revisiting the Road to Serfdom
Friedrich Hayek’s 1944 The Road to Serfdom is firmly established as one of those books you’re supposed to read. But on the spectrum of works about economics, it probably falls more on the Wealth of Nations and Das Kapital side than on the Economics in One Lesson or even Freakonomics side. If its style and language appear somewhat dated, that’s because it was published in 1944. It is also focused on conditions to be found in prewar England and Germany, which takes the book into questions of not just economics but politics too. Yet Hayek’s book has stood the test of time, because its key messages are not constricted by...
Grillin’ with Garret: The Best Revenge, Episode 16
Grillin’ with Chef Garret Fleming, Rex Scott, and Dr. Fleming on The Best Revenge.
Original Air Date: October 11, 2018
Show Run Time: 30 minutes
Show Guest(s): Garret Fleming
Show Host(s): Dr. Thomas Fleming, Rex Scott
Wednesday’s Child: Hail Schism!
On the last day of August a momentous event took place, a historic meeting of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople with his Moscow counterpart. Prompted by that encounter was yesterday’s convening of the Holy Synod, which will conclude its deliberations and publish its resolutions tomorrow. A great new schism is in the offing, undoubtedly good news for all true Orthodox believers.
