The Greatest Nation on Earth?

You'll never guess what nation David B. Hart thinks qualifies for this title.

What are the criteria?

a sane way of life, a thriving ecology, civilized aesthetic and ethical principles, an absolute prohibition on strip malls, and general harmlessness.

Read the article here.

H/T Richard Gamble

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Mark T. Mitchell

Mark T. Mitchell

Mark T. Mitchell is the co-founder of Front Porch Republic. He is the Dean of Academic Affairs at Patrick Henry College and the author of several books including Plutocratic Socialism, Power and Purity, The Limits of Liberalism, The Politics of Gratitude, and Localism in Mass Age: A Front Porch Republic Manifesto (co-editor).