March 29, 2017Nature doesn’t give a damn what it sounds like.
March 22, 2017For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; / Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
March 15, 2017Ransom objected to a false dilemma.
March 15, 2017If I were God, I’d keep other company.
March 8, 2017The invaluable works of our elder writers, I had almost said the works of Shakespeare and Milton, are driven into…
March 7, 2017[Cross-posted to In Medias Res] Rod Dreher and I aren't close friends, but like many Front Porch Regulars, I've been…
March 1, 2017What are the compensations on the downhill side of life?
February 24, 2017No one who cares about the condition of our culture can afford to ignore Conscientious Thinking. --Jackson Lears, editor, Raritan
February 22, 2017They should be required to share a double bed and commit adultery with each other every night—twice if possible.- February 15, 2017"Therefore, it is clear that the care of the household concerns human beings more than material property..." Aristotle, Politics "Here…
- January 28, 2017Front Porcher Rob Grano has a lovely little review of John Lewis-Stempel's The Running Hare: The Secret Life of Farmland.…
January 26, 2017A few years ago I wrote something of an irenic essay on the annual, January, March for Life in Washington…
