…Porchers who love of place and tradition will find solidarity with a new country-rock band from the land of Charlottesville, Virginia. The band’s name, SONS OF BILL, derives from the love that three-band Brothers Wilson have for their father who
March 2011
What would Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson say if they were transported to our day?
Those who benefit most from collective bargaining limits in Wisconsin can’t speak as loudly as those who oppose such legislation.
JL Strickland, former Alabama mill worker and self-proclaimed “Linthead Emeritus,” on a boy and a town: two more casualties of the deeply anti-American American Empire: www.ComeHomeAmerica.us.…
Tucson, AZ.… One of the pleasing genres of contemporary journalism is the coverage of bizarre happenings in academe that shock the sensibility of the middle classes. You know the types: there’s the frivolous: a professor specializes in research on Frank
As I predicted last October, the Supreme Court has made short work of the argument that the odious, bigoted, hateful, ridiculous Westboro Baptist Church ought to be subject to lawsuits for the emotional distress which their ugly protests cause. No,…
FPR, in conjunction with Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD, will be hosting a conference titled “Human Scale and the Human Good: Creating Healthy Communities in a Global Age.” The conference will be held on Sept. 24, 2011 at…
Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson would like you to think of the Farm Bill as an Eating Bill.
On March 1, Wendell Berry was awarded one of the nation’s Humanities Medals in a ceremony at the White House. This article relates his charming and ever-humble response to the attention. The President and/or attentive members of his administration deserve…
Alexandria, VA… In the wake of the tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona, a chorus of voices – mainly, if not exclusively on the political Left – arose in denunciation of the decline of “civility” in contemporary political life. Somewhat incredibly,
On March 2, 2009, FPR was born. We’ve been going for two years now and our mission remains clear: to advance human flourishing through the promotion of political decentralism, economic localism, and cultural regionalism. The need is great and there…
We are borrowing well over a billion dollars a day to import oil.
California, we are told, will have a $25 billion budget deficit over the next 20 months. However, they seem to be caught in a trap. If they were to actually “balance” their budget, that is, actually cut $25 billion dollars…
Welcome, March! William Cullen Bryant saw through your bluster:
For thou, to northern lands again,
The glad and glorious sun dost bring,
And thou hast joined the gentle train
And wear’st the gentle name of Spring.
Ring in the month…
There are plenty of reasons to lament, but here is a reason to hope. A school in Texas reaches out to some unlikely opponents and shows how a community can make a difference. Get a hanky.
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An actual cowboy’s life was a far cry from a John Wayne Western.
