Devon, PA.… Outside of a few magazines and other fora on the conservative and collectivist fringe, one seldom hears the opinion that the banking crisis of 2008 was brought about chiefly, not to say exclusively, by the kinds of
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The Yoke of Nature and Human Vocation.… When it comes to marriage and the having of children we experience these gifts, burdens, and yokes in ways few other aspects of human life impress with such obviousness. Although the common
Contraception as Apparent Moral Good. …Most persons who use contraception conceive of it as a moral good. They see an unruly, pullulating nature directed toward nothing other than its own continuance all about them; and in their sexual desires and
Devon, PA.… In the first months of FPR‘s existence, I wrote a short essay on George Herbert, secularization, and devotion. I return to that subject by a different avenue in a brief article just published, as part of a
Devon, PA.… My talk from the annual Ciceronian Society Conference, held in joy and good company last weekend at the University of Virginia, has now been published on the Anamnesis website. The essay, “Literature between Theology and Religion” grew out of
Devon, PA.… Measure: A Review of Formal Poetry has been one of the few consistently good poetry journals since it began publication in 2006, and is one of the great cultural institutions of southern Indiana. The latest issue is
Tucson, AZ.… This Arizona Daily Star paragraph greeted me as I began the annual family vacation in Tucson. Rather than offering full commentary, I shall just provide the offending remark along with the despairing observation that it is intended to
Devon, PA.… A few years ago, Jason Peters swore Learical revenges on me for reprinting a poem of mine on the debauchery of Michigan State students. He could not understand how I could find subject for drollery in a
Devon, PA.… Cursed with a lousy city newspaper rife with good coupons, I sat down with my coffee this morning to read Karen Heller’s latest column, “What? Birth Control? Again?” You can read it here. What follows is a
Devon, PA.… The Catholic magazine of arts and letters, Dappled Things, is no stranger to the writers of FPR, having published a debate on the free market between John Médaille and Robert T. Miller, last spring. The most recent issue
Devon, PA.… We face only two feasible policies in America’s engagement with the world. We can seek to be a bomb-throwing hegemon until the money, and the credit, and the bodies, run out, and can identify American national interest with our sitting
Devon, PA.… Last week, Villanova University’s Office of Mission and Ministry invited several faculty members to speak about the contributions of their religious faith traditions to the life and mission of the University. In anticipation of the FPR panel
Devon, PA.… As I announced some months back, Front Porch Republic will return to the University of Notre Dame this week to participate in the Center for Ethics and Culture’s annual fall conference. We will hold a panel discussion
Devon, PA.… Peter Haworth has rightly drawn our attention to the new Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace document, “Towards Reforming the International Financial and Monetary Systems in the Context of Global Public Authority.” Much should be said in
Devon, PA.… The latest issue of the Intercollegiate Review is out, including my review of All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age. This book has been justly trounced by such varied authors
Devon, PA…. For months now, I have been sitting on an incomplete draft of a series of essays on “Localism and the Universal Church,” wherein I seek to show that the commitment of myself and many Catholics to the
