Darkest Before The Dawn
Italy in the 9th and 10th centuries descended into disorder. And the Eastern Empire once again flexes its muscles.
The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
Wednesday’s Child: In All but Name
When the hero is a martyr to boot, first tortured for months on end and finally speared by the tyrant’s own hand, a timeless vista opens on the struggle of good and evil. It’s the stuff of the vitae of Christian saints, pure and simple.
The Collapse of Charlemagne’s Empire
The disintegration of Frankish authority in Italy and the expansion of the Church’s secular power.
Super Bowl Predictions
I must be a glutton for punishment. Every time I call Jeremy Chiaroscuro, he robs me of any bit of hope I ever had that the American people could pull out out of their tailspin before crashing into a gigantic oil refinery.
Wednesday’s Child: Up in the Belfry
The standard view of education, as applied in schools the world over, is that the knowledge which children are to acquire is like a sewing kit with different spools of thread whence the required color is drawn. Specialization is the rule from an early age, with toddlers taught not to confuse apples and oranges.
