A Plea to My Readers
Attentive reading has become a lost art like the production of stained class and the painting of frescoes. Part of careful reading is being careful not to draw conclusions before examining the evidence.
The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
Pisa: Rise and Decline
What the Good Men of Pisa and their Archbishop had in mind was a duomo beyond the dreams of Theoderic or Charlemagne
With .7 Birth Rate, $61 Billion Aid Package Only Seals Ukraine’s Extinction
Ukraine needed two things to survive: 1. Peace through neutrality, meaning not listening to the U.S.’ siren song to join NATO. 2. A religious revival so people gain hope, become less materialistic and start having more kids.
The Government We Deserve Part III (of 4)
Among the many reasons why a regime would wish to eliminate all knowledge of antiquity and the insights ancient writers offer is the desire to shield the subject masses from anything that might make them uneasy. We might view it as a kindness on the part of the ruling class.
Wednesday’s Child: Weaponizing the Imperative
This week history buffs mark the birthdays of two men who made the twentieth century what it was. Lenin and Hitler were born within days of one another, under the sign of Taurus in the cruelest month of April. The more effete among us, however, mark the birth of Immanuel Kant, 300 years ago as of the day before yesterday, same day as Hitler’s.
Biden Wants to Increase Your Taxes
I paid my taxes early this year. Even though I made about the same as last year, Joe Biden and Gavin Newsom grabbed more than ever. They needed the extra money for more wars and abortions.
“You Shall Be As Gods.”
Pico della Mirandola’s “Oration on the Dignity of Man” is celebrated by leftists and conservatives as a classic statement on human dignity. In fact, this confused product of a a brilliant young mind is one of the opening shots in the rebellion against God and human nature. There is, however, a happy ending.
The Prince, II
As a rational and classically trained writer, Machiavelli begins with definitions. He first distinguishes the two types of government as republics and principalities.
Of Cabbages and Kings, Pizza and Confucius, Part II
Artificial Intelligence is the operation of a machine programmed by dullwitted aliens posing as human beings.
Heroic: Trump Sleeps Through ‘Hush Money’ Kangaroo Court Trial
My favorite scene in the 1983 movie “The Right Stuff” is where astronaut Gordo Cooper is sleeping on the launch pad waiting for the Atlas rocket to propel him in his Mercury capsule into outer space. It’s based on Tom Wolfe’s great non-fiction account of the same name about the early U.S. space program. It’s what Hemingway called courage: Grace under pressure.
