Hidden Spring Lane. “I plan on dying here.” The words came quite unbidden and surprised me. We were in the process of building a house on a few acres in northern Virginia. The builder and I were discussing some detail…
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Hipster Communities, Tradition...
By Mark T. Mitchell | Jun 18
The Washington Times has a piece by Ryan James Girdusky suggesting that traditionalist conservatives have something to learn from hipsters. And vice versa.
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Rand Paul in The New Republic
By Mark T. Mitchell | Jun 17
The New Republic has a cover story on Rand Paul. The author takes it upon herself to 1) show how quickly Paul is becoming a…
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Privacy? What Privacy?
By Mark T. Mitchell | Jun 7
Is there such thing as a private email? Are there limits to what the government can access? From The Washington Post:
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The Cost of Community
By Mark T. Mitchell | Jun 7
Community isn’t easy:
In college I took political theory classes that routinely covered the subject of community. The classes even emphasized our era’s tragic shortage… -
Kirkpatrick Sale on Nullificat...
By Mark T. Mitchell | Jun 6
TAC has a review by Sale that champions nullification and (perhaps) secession.
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Energy Use and Mediated Desire
By Jason Peters | Jun 6
In this brief and fairly interesting TED talk Alex Laskey suggests that social, not material, science can help us save energy–and therefore money (and maybe,…
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