Gladly Lerne, Gladly Teche

"Gladly Lerne, Gladly Teche" is the personal web log of John V. Fleming, the Louis W. Fairchild Professor of English and Comparative Literature emeritus at Princeton University. It continues in its title and its spirit his one-time newspaper column in The Daily Princetonian. As a general rule a new post is mounted every Wednesday morning (EST).

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Fact and Counterfact

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“Here’s the thing,” says one of Hillary’s more likeable apparatchiks, “We can spend years pondering why American voters can be dipshits...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Bambusoideled

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We remain digital ingenus, and we learned only this week, and by accident, that Alexa has a “question of the day” for the general am...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Socially Distanced

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We are in a demographic more likely than many others to tolerate more or less equably the enforced social isolation of the past two m...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Read the Virus Away

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Picasso Meekly accepting our assignment among the highest risk group in a pandemic has meant accepting a social isolation so nearl...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Masque of the Dread Slime

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So people are doing all sorts of novel things to distract themselves, raise their spirits, avoid thinking about unpleasant realitie...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

A Moving Celebration

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Julie Denny, Birthday Lady The national slowdown demanded by the medical situation is fraying a few nerves around here like every...
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John V. Fleming, the Louis W. Fairchild Professor of Literature emeritus at Princeton University, retired after a long teaching career in 2006. He and his wife Joan continue to live in Princeton. The Flemings have three adult children, six delightful grandchildren, and lives that mysteriously continue to be busy.He can be reached at jfleming@princeton.edu.
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