The Euro is in trouble, and the news just keeps getting worse. There is now open talk of a post-Euro Europe, and such a turn would be a serious strike against any robust European Union. After an all-night session last…
Mark T. Mitchell
At long last The Humane Vision of Wendell Berry is available. This volume, published by ISI Books and co-edited by Nathan Schlueter and yours truly, includes sixteen original essays on various facets of Berry’s work as well as an open…
Video of the September 24, 2011 conference at Mount St. Mary’s University is now up on You Tube. Search for “human scale conference” or click here.
Thanks to the tech folks at Mount St. Mary’s for making this happen.…
If you are planning to run for president, here’s a word of advice: you must assert regularly and with great conviction your belief in American Exceptionalism. This seems especially true if you are vying for the Republican nomination. The particular…
The American Conservative has published a symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the publication of Jane Jacobs’s book The Death and Life of the Great American Cities. The symposium features a variety of individuals reflecting on the significance of this…
A neighborhood in Ithaca, NY is doing something special. It’s called Porchfest. Here’s a taste, but be sure to go to the story and scroll down to the video.
Porchfest began in 2007 when Fall Creekers Lesley Greene and Gretchen…
Every fall I teach a course called “Democracy.” One of the books we invariably read is On Power: The Natural History of its Growth by the French philosopher Bertrand de Jouvenel. Jouvenel wrote the book as WWII was raging, and…
Here’s a taste:
Yesterday I rented a house in the historic district of St. Francisville, my hometown. I was on the phone with Mr. Walter, the owner, settling the terms. He was incredibly gracious, and I was tickled to learn…
We are pleased to announce that John Schwenkler has joined our merry band and has agreed to edit an on-going series titled “The View From Your Front Porch.” The first entry is the view from his own porch. Here’s how…
For those of you who were not able to be in Emmitsburg on Saturday, you missed a wonderful day. The rain stopped sometime in the night and the early morning sun burned away the low clouds. Well before 9am, people…
Actually, feel free to stay in your rocking chair, but if you plan to attend the conference on Saturday, please register here. This will make things much easier for the logistics people. Here is the schedule for the day. It’s…
The spring issue of The New Atlantis features a symposium on place. Check it out. Of special interest is a piece by Brian Brown titled “The Rise of Localist Politics.” Here is a taste:
Meanwhile, a small “new right” has…
You won’t want to miss this. Register here.
Session 1: Mobility and the Crisis of Community
Patrick Deneen: The Liberal Self and Mobility
Allan Carlson: Why the Modern Family Keeps Moving
Christine Rosen: Technology and Mobility
Session 2: Fostering Vital …
A story from the Chicago Tribune tells of an enterprising mother named Kris Swanberg, who runs a wildly successful ice cream business. Of course, where food is concerned, the State will sooner or later insert itself because you could get…
FPR’s first annual conference will be held at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD on September, 24, 2011. The conference title is “Human Scale and the Human Good: Creating Healthy Communities in a Global Age.”
The slate of confirmed…
In a recent piece in The Weekly Standard, Adam J. White argues that Samuel Alito is a Burkean conservative. By looking at Alito’s reasoning and not simply his voting record, White concludes that
Justice Alito is uniquely attuned to the…
