To Taine’s great credit, he was not taken in by the myth of two revolutions: the British-style reformist revolution of 1789, followed by the Jacobin Terror caused by a few bad men who betrayed the spirit of 1789. This pernicious myth–like the myth of the good Kerensky in 1917 or of England’s Glorious Revolution–blinds us to the realities of our own times, when socialists and Trotskyists complain that 60’s radicals betrayed the dream.
Some of my own childhood favorites from A Child’s Garden of Verses, plus a modernist poem possibly inspired by Stevenson.
Welcome to the first installment of this new feature, available to all registered subscribers. Thomas Fleming and Rex Scott give 300 seconds on a big news story.
“Only Cherries” Neo-Beatnik Rex Scott resuscitates the dead art of reading poetry to jazz accompaniment. Listen at your own risk
Like lead in the keel of a sailing vessel, which keeps it from capsizing, sloth is what has given our island its stability, its longevity, and its virtue. I never tire of pointing out to incredulous visitors that Sicily has more extant Greek antiquities than Greece because the people here were too lazy to break apart temples to make door jambs and pave patios.
From Under the Rubble with Dr. Fleming and Rex Scott: “Q and A, June 2018 Part 2.” Original Air Date: June 19, 2018 Show Run Time: 40 minutes Show Guest(s): Dr. Thomas Fleming Show Host(s): Rex Scott The Fleming Foundation · From Under the Rubble, Episode 28: Q and A, June 2018 Part 2 From Under the Rubble℗ is a Production of the Fleming Foundation. Copyright 2018. All Rights are Reserved.
Christian pastors and leaders throughout history have often been stupid, ignorant, and corrupt, always eager to twist the Faith to fit whatever opinions are fashionable, but the current generation of vipers is really the limit.
These poems of Henry Timrod, the finest poet of the War Between the States, are posted courtesy of Vince Cornell:
I genuinely pity most of the rich and/or famous people I have known. It is as if the savages were right to fear the black box that would take their soul. People who spend their lives on screen seem to end up drained of all reality, hollow shells.
From Under the Rubble with Dr. Fleming and Rex Scott: “Democracy, Part 2.” Original Air Date: June 16, 2018 Show Run Time: 19 minutes Show Guest(s): Dr. Thomas Fleming Show Host(s): Rex Scott The Fleming Foundation · From Under the Rubble, Episode 30: Democracy, Part 2 From Under the Rubble℗ is a Production of the Fleming Foundation. Copyright 2018. All Rights are Reserved.
