This is from Centesimus Annus. Here John Paul II reflects on two meanings of the word “capitalism.”
“Returning now to the initial question: can it perhaps be said that, after the failure of Communism, capitalism is the victorious social system,…
May 2009
Washington, CT. …In August of 1311, the Doge of Venice…. as big shots are wont to do…. decreed that a monument to the government would henceforth be constructed and its cost borne by the public. In an amendment to
A thoughtful examination of the future of conservative decentralism from Dan Larison (and his commentors) which relates pretty closely to several of the discussion threads from today and deserves some response from FPR.…
ROCK ISLAND, IL… Someone ought to write a novel that opens with this sentence: “Les Moore was a walking contradiction, but then again he was also a Gnostic.”
Or maybe someone should just use that as a wedge into a
I delivered a version of the following text as a lecture at Augustana College last Tuesday, April 28 (all errors of fact and interpretation should be ascribed to my bibulous host, Jason Peters):
My wife and I moved back to…
BURNED-OVER DISTRICT, NY–Hey, it’s time once again to send Mom that special e-card. From the vaults, the story of the men who voted against the first Mother’s Day:
In the annals of easy votes, one might expect to find a…
Wichita, KS…. Fifteen years ago, when my wife and I got married, we had a lot of inchoate ideas and aspirations, many of which were relatively humble, generally egalitarian, and broadly communitarian. Looking back on them now, I suppose
Princeton, NJ …At most cafes today there is a station where packets of sugar, canisters of milk and cream, and coffee stirrers are conveniently available for the personalization of each person’s hot beverage. Amid the detritus that is collected
Irving, Texas.… G. K. Chesterton begins his Utopia of Usurers with a description of a world in which all art has become commercial art. He does not find it out of place that the wealthy support the arts, but in
“Would that thou couldst last for aye,
Merry, ever-merry May!”
William D. Gallagher (the forgotten Ohio poet)
BURNED-OVER DISTRICT, NY…–The clouds of April have scattered, so look skyward (while keeping your feet on the ground). Herewith, from the essential
Drilling with the Pitchfork (photo by AMS)
JEFFERSON COUNTY, KANSAS.… The call came from the neighbor yesterday at about four in the afternoon. Your cows are out. Damn!
I was just leaving the courthouse, having wrapped up another day
April was “Media Awareness Month” at our sons’ school. I took a couple weeks off from the Porch, and I also published a first draft of this piece in the school’s weekly newsletter.
When my wife and I met as…
