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Michael Fleming
Wilmington resident Michael Fleming is a marketing and communications executive.Tom Evans, the Art of Politics and “the most important environmental law nobody has ever heard of”
It takes a special kind of vision and ability to meaningfully influence public policy, and these traits do not always accompany electoral prowess. Scores of successful politicians have come and gone from public life without making much of a dent in the government they were elected to run. Indeed, it…
By: Michael Fleming‘Lincoln’ Delivers, ‘Reacher’ Falls Short and New Theatre Holds Its Own
Thanks to time off over the holidays, my moviegoing mojo has continued at an unprecedented clip, as I recently screened three new films – “Lincoln,” “Jack Reacher” and “Zero Dark Thirty” – all at Delaware’s newest cinema on the Riverfront, “The Penn.” (I probably went to three motion pictures on…
By: Michael FlemingAndrew Gemmell: From Timber Lane to Team USA (Best of 2012)
As 2012 draws to a close, we at TSD have made it an annual tradition to share some of the year’s best features with our readers. It’s a time for both reflection and anticipation, and we’re looking forward to an even better 2013! ORIGINAL PUBLISHING DATE: July 10, 2012 There’s…
By: Michael FlemingThree Movies, Two Cities and One John Goodman
Put me in the feast or famine category when it comes to movie-going. Months and months will slip by, sometimes half a year or more, without my stepping foot in the local cineplex, much less dusting off that Netflix video gathering dust in front of the TV (are they still…
By: Michael FlemingA Complete Man
Another pillar of Delaware’s remarkable economic and scientific past left the grasps of this earth last month with the passing of my friend’s father, John W. Moore. “JW,” as he was called, was a real life Horatio Alger story brought to Wilmington through the DuPont Company’s once unrivaled ability to…
By: Michael FlemingHonoring a Hero
My alma mater, Salesianum School in Wilmington, has a proud heritage of producing young men who went on to serve their country, state and local communities in the armed services and public safety. My class alone produced three Naval Academy graduates (one of whom went on to become a Navy…
By: Michael FlemingA Bit of Delaware… in Colorado
Leadville, Colorado (elevation 10,152 ft) is a genuine, raffish old mining town, sprouting up in the Rockies during the great gold and silver boom that drew scads of hearty fortune seekers westward in the 1880s. And much to the surprise of this recent visitor, this highest incorporated city in North…
By: Michael FlemingUnconventional Thinking
By happenstance, I found myself reading an account of the raucous 1880 Republican National Convention while on my way to Tampa for last week’s quadrennial GOP gathering. The story of the bitterly divided partisan conclave that ultimately produced James A. Garfield as its nominee appears in Candice Millard’s wonderful “Destiny…
By: Michael FlemingFirst State Shines at 2012 GOP Convention
The first day of my first national convention actually began on Saturday, when Hurricane Isaac’s projected course cause a change in my flight plans and I joined tens of thousands of other concerned travelers on hold with the airline hoping to re-route – which ultimately I did. Traveling Philadelphia to…
By: Michael FlemingViews of an Empire
The Empire State Building was built with Indiana sandstone and Delaware money. Conceived by John Jakob Raskob — Pierre S. du Pont’s right hand and the financial wizard behind the DuPont Company’s acquisition of General Motors — the 1,250 foot tower opened in 1931 as the tallest building the world…
By: Michael Fleming