Kearneysville, WV.… Last week I published a piece suggesting ten positions that might serve to constitute a platform for those who are disillusioned by both major political parties and who long for an alternative that includes, among other things, a
November 2009
Moorpark, CA…. This is the main body of a lecture I delivered at the ISI Spring Leadership Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 14, 2007. This conference focused on the work of Russell Kirk.
In one of the great works of imagination,
Irving, TX.… The Front Porch Republic has been graced by two contributions from Mark Mitchell and Caleb Stegall on the political agenda for front-porchers. And while one may quibble with this or that point, no one here, I think, will
State’s rights, state legislatures, repeal of 16th and 17th, constitutional convention, and even nullification, coming back into the so-called mainstream discussion.…
Washington Park, Arizona…. It used to take seven hours to get here by car, even though the journey was only some 90 miles from Phoenix. R. J. and the family would typically get here sometime after 11:00 on
“I never saw an instance of one of two disputants convincing one another by argument. I have seen many, on their getting warm, becoming rude, and shooting one another.” –Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to Thomas Jefferson Randolph
“Anyone who observed us…
Rock Island, IL.…
A dispassionate observer standing outside the Christian tradition might be capable of looking upon Catholicism and Orthodoxy—and maybe even upon that beautiful but much-beleaguered and now failing experiment that began with Henry VIII—and say, “here is something
From the Pogues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZqN1glz4JY…
Detroit is a mess. The auto industry is collapsing. Crime is rampant. Anyone who could get out has left. Buildings are vacant. Large tracts of land, once formerly known as parking lots are empty. Where some see nothing but despair…
Devon, PA.… I’m pleased to announce that FPR will be holding a panel discussion at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture’s Annual Conference — Summons to Freedom: Virtue, Sacrifice, and the Common Good – this coming weekend. For
{This column appears in today’s Hoya, Georgetown’s student newspaper. My column is published fortnightly.}
If there is one thing about which we are certain that we are pursuing at Georgetown, it is social justice. We disagree about many things –…
Devon, PA.… For those FPR readers interested in keeping up with my ongoing series, Art and Beauty against the Politicized Aesthetic, the third and fourth parts have appeared on First Principles. The concluding, fifth part should appear early next
Kearneysville, WV.… The race for New York’s 23rd Congressional District’s open seat has garnered national attention. The Democratic candidate, Bill Owens, is currently running a few points behind Doug Hoffman, who is running under the banner of the Conservative Party.
With all the talk about “what is to be done,” in terms of a decentralizing political agenda, I thought I’d throw some ideas out there, with the intent only of providing a beginning point to a discussion. Some of the…
Hamilton, Ontario. …The other day I was standing in a cavernous mega-chain hardware store looking for gardening supplies. This was not an easy task because the store, which we can call Triumph of the Drill, had something like 36 aisles,
