The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
Zelensky the Oligarch
Through his offshore company Maltex, Zelensky acquired one of the largest private investment banks in France – Milleis Banque. The deal is estimated at 1.1 – 1.25 billion euros.
Southing: On Real Liberty
This is a slightly edited and corrected verisio of a piece that appeared in The Southern Partisan in 1982.
Wednesday’s Child: Bullies and Capitulants
As last week, I shall not dwell on the world events themselves, epochal though they are – like archival footage from A.D. 476 or 1939 – and almost beyond rational analysis.
Poem by Hart Crane
This is one of the best known poems by the brilliant and mostly unread Harold Hart Crane. It may take more than one or two reading to catch on to his manner, though the musical beauty strikes the ear immediately.
Trump Should Cut Europe Loose: Their Population and Economy Are Larger than Ours
Aren’t you tired of the Europeans whining about how they need us to liberate Ukraine from the Russian Yoke? Even as the United States goes bankrupt? Why can’t they do it themselves?
Measure for Measurement
A lifetime ago during a graduate school management class, one of my professors commented, “If it is not measured, then it did not happen.” I immediately branded him a cynic.
Trump Reads Zelensky the Riot Act
The results are in on Trump’s clash with Zelinsky yesterday in the Oval Office. ZeroHedge headlined: “Zelenskyy ‘Regrets’ What Happened Today: Ukrainian Officials “Desperate” To Get Deal Back On Track After Oval Office Meltdown, Trump Not Interested.”
