Jesus without religion is like thinking without tradition.
Jeffrey Polet
The Atlantic offers characteristics of conservatives. How does the Porch fit in?
Holland, MI…
The recent dispute between Joe Carter over at First Things and various occupants of the Porch has already received a good deal of attention, but also demonstrated a regrettable level of talking past one another. This, in no
This piece from the Sunday Times serves as a reminder that the claims made for technology, progress, and modern conveniences are too overblown, and that human beings have fundamental longings and needs that can’t be satisfied by texting and TV.…
The New Yorker examines the animating ideas behind OWS. I suppose this is what happens when childishness, boredom, social media, anxiety, and apocalypticism mix. Or, history repeating itself as farce. “Forming loose connections quickly” hardly seems like a recipe for…
Walter Russell Mead takes on the Baby Boomers.
In 2010, for the first time in our nation’s history, men constituted a minority of the nation’s workforce. Colleges typically boast a 60-40 female-male ratio. Women make up an ever-larger percentage of corporate executives and other high-paying high-profile positions. It…
Wherein I respond to the federal mandate to “celebrate” Constitution Day. The text is taken from a lecture I gave at Northwood University, co-sponsored by ISI and the Jack Miller Center.
The question before us, “Whose Constitution Is It?” presumes…
I’m a month late on this, but the September Atlantic has a cover story on the disappearing middle-class. If economics refers to household management, then it does seem anachronistic to use the word to describe wealth in America. The article’s…
“Good Morning America” has named Sleeping Bear Dunes, along the Lake Michigan shore, its “most beautiful place” in America. I can think of at least two other Porchers who could sign on to this sentiment, and I have to confess…
I’m not even sure how to comment on this story. I have written previously on how modern golf course design takes a backseat to that of the “Golden Age” of architecture, creating courses that can only be afforded by the…
Peter has already mentioned the short-course being offered on Confederational Political Thought. Porchers and fellow-travelers might also be interested in checking out the morning course of “Republicanism and Virtue,” also featuring FPR stalwarts Peter Haworth, Jeremy Beer, Michael Federici, and…
While I do not regard myself as a “tea-partier” (indeed, I’m not even sure I know what one is), my own sense is that the House Republicans have operated throughout the “debt-ceiling” debate off two premises. The first is that…
“The Geek Squad” has put out a back-to-school advertisement which argues that technology will “make school easier” – mostly by making sure you are always entertained and don’t have to work. At least they could pretend that school was about…
Caitlin Flanagan has weighed in on the phenomenon of students studying abroad, and the organizations which profit from them doing so. While these students will all discuss how they are “giving back,” what they are really doing is taking. I…
Miss Manners has weighed in on proper etiquette as regards persons in “polyamorous relationships.” I am fascinated here by at least three things: 1) the reference to the polyamorous community; 2) the blithe acceptance of such relationships; and, 3) the…
