Naive Conservatives Put Their Trust in Princes, Again
I am a little puzzled by the Conservatives’ reaction to the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold birthright citizenship.
The Fleming Foundation Cultural Commentary
Wednesday’s Child: Maybe it’s the Heat
I analyzed the “Twitter herd” instinct in this space before, but the heat has now made it truly Gadarene. The swine, in fact, quite possibly leapt into the Sea of Galilee because they wanted to cool off.
Darkness Visible, The Elizabethans, Part III
One thread connecting Renaissance magic with our own New Age magic is the belief in secret brotherhoods and utopian societies ruled by adepts in Hermetic magic, such as the lost continent of Atlantis.
Wednesday’s Child: A Broken Home
Whatever Tolstoy may have opined, unhappy families are also all alike, at any rate all those that produce violent criminals.
Italian I.2 Un Canzone Updated 06/26
Un Vecchio Frack by Domenico Modugno
Probably Modugno’s finest song, and that is saying a great deal. You will find it on Youtube but when I post the link it does not work so go to it yourself.
Darkness Visible: The Elizabethans, Part II
When the greatest magus of the age, Giordano Bruno, was burned at the stake at the Campo dei Fiori in Rome in 1600, Bruno’s English friends and followers were careful to distance themselves from their discredited master
Paper Moon White House
For days I have been haunted by the idea that Donald Trump, especially in his most recent incarnation as buffoon-in-chief, reminds me of someone.
Vance shines in ending Trump’s Iran War
The best friend to have is one who not only sticks with you during your worst jam, but gets you out of it. That’s what JD Vance did for President Trump and his Iran War.
View From England: “Don’t think you have, mate”
I was reminded of the power of ideology this week watching footage released by the police concerning the murder of the teenager Henry Nowak in the English port city of Southampton
I was reminded of the power of ideology this week watching footage released by the police concerning the murder of the teenager Henry Nowak in the English port city of Southampton
Italian II.1
Continued study of Passato Rimoto and a lot of vocabulary on asking and giving directions.
