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[23 Aug 2010 | 12 Comments | ]

The options: A decentralized food system or a centralized regulatory system backed by the power of the state.

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[15 Aug 2010 | 14 Comments | ]

Do you ever long for the place of your childhood? Does it still exist?

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[11 Aug 2010 | 14 Comments | ]

Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More

Politics & Power »

[6 Aug 2010 | 4 Comments | ]

This year the House has come together to support national pollinator week, national dairy month, and national train day.

Culture, High & Low, Short »

[5 Aug 2010 | 12 Comments | ]

Today, there are no socially prescribed forms of conduct that help guide young men and women in the direction of matrimony.

Short »

[26 Jul 2010 | 5 Comments | ]

Could it be that there is a growing awareness that work–labor that actually results in something of value–and honesty are virtues worth preserving?

Culture, High & Low, Politics & Power »

[7 Jul 2010 | 7 Comments | ]

Today many Americans seem smitten with the notion that Washington holds the answer to the many dangers circling in the water.

Region & Place »

[22 Jun 2010 | 4 Comments | ]

Jayber seemed like a good name for this bald, homeless bird.

Short »

[11 Jun 2010 | 14 Comments | ]

The New York Times offers  this piece by Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, who argues that, contrary to the skeptics, wringing our hands about new communications technology is really a bit silly. Google does not make us stupid. The internet, email,…

Short »

[8 Jun 2010 | 6 Comments | ]

New studies show that the cognitive effects of the internet are real and lead to, like, shallow thinking n stuff as well as, wait a sec, there’s a butterfly….

Culture, High & Low, Short »

[3 Jun 2010 | 5 Comments | ]

I Drink, Therefore I am; A Philosopher’s Guide to Wine. A review.

Short »

[29 May 2010 | One Comment | ]

Creeping Tyranny: From Constitutionalism to Arbitrary Power

Culture, High & Low, Politics & Power »

[27 May 2010 | 14 Comments | ]

The hubris of ingratitude is a caustic acid that reduces all in its wake to the fetid condition of servitude, for a spoiled child needs nothing so much as a master.

Short »

[26 May 2010 | 3 Comments | ]

Bringing sustainable food growing practices to the urban poor.

Economics & Empire, Short »

[21 May 2010 | 36 Comments | ]

Is organic food merely a luxury item for the self-satisfied and affluent west?

Culture, High & Low »

[6 May 2010 | 9 Comments | ]

The technological fun house that is the modern home makes the great outdoors pale by comparison, if, that is, the expectation is immediate and constant bursts of electronic stimulation.

Short »

[29 Apr 2010 | 17 Comments | ]

Military use of PowerPoint confuses even as it simplifies.

Culture, High & Low, Economics & Empire »

[26 Apr 2010 | 21 Comments | ]

The neighborly arts begin at home, extend outward in service to others, and return in the form of gratitude, friendships, and commitments born of practical skills shared and received.

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