Place. Limits. Liberty.

See Rod Dreher’s interview of Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), one of the few Congressmen who would feel right at home on the porch. Here’s a snippet, but read it all.
That’s why I think an entrepreneurial model rooted in localism,…

FPR readers will be interested in two new essays in ANAMNESIS. The first, by Professor Jay Langdale, is a fascinating examination of Richard Weaver’s analysis of pathologies related to modern war:…

Published recently in The American Conservative. The book contains essays by such writers as Allan Carlson, Patrick Deneen, Jason Peters, Caleb Stegall, Rod Dreher, and D. G. Hart. Readers of FPR will find much to appreciate. Of course, this might…

Many FPR readers will enjoy “Derrida’s Hope and Despair for Globalization” in ANAMNESIS.…

Stephen Marche has written an interesting piece in the May Atlantic on how facebook is making… us lonely. There is a good deal to comment on here, and I’m not particularly inclined to take yet another shot at Facebook, for while

On Sunday, Wendell Berry spoke at The National Cathedral. You can see that event here.
On Monday, he delivered the Jefferson Lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities. The title: “It all Turns on Affection.” You can read that…

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