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Caleb Stegall Nominated to Appeals Court
Caleb Stegall has been nominated for a seat on the Kansas Court of Appeals. The Kansas City Star calls Stegall “conservative and crunchy.” Excerpts: Conservation, a commitment to local…
Justice Caleb Stegall, Localist and Classical Liberal (Sometimes)
Caleb Stegall was one of the early guiding lights of Front Porch Republic, and his influence on the project, however distant, still endures. I’ve enjoyed, and learned much from,…
A Porcher With Power
On Friday, Caleb Stegall–lawyer, farmer, family man, rabble-rouser, and long-time Front Porcher—was appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court by Governor Sam Brownback. The criticisms of Stegall’s appointment are many–he’s…
Practicing the Discipline of Place
...store..... and by cramped quarters i mean...not a sod house or shanty......a cheapo apartment.... we have to get rid of the idea of status quo.....it owns many people. Caleb…
Stegall in the News
FPR’s own Caleb Stegall has been busy making news. Turns out he’s the attorney representing four of the Americans who were being held in Haiti on kidnapping charges. Here…
An Actually Interesting Debate
...I live in Louisville, tend a garden and try to buy local. But I also love my AC, my Wi-Fi annd my cable TV. Just curious where I fit…
Sharing the Kids Equally
Caleb Stegall No, I wouldn't agree. We're feminists now? Russell Arben Fox Not all of us, Caleb, that's for certain, and even those who aren't feminist in the same…
Crunchy Judge: Stegall Confirmed
Congratulations to Caleb Stegall who was confirmed last week to a seat on the Kansas Court of Appeals. Excerpt from an article from a Kansas Newspaper: Legislators discussed his…
Subsidizing Localism?
...don't think that the best possible career move is to become a bureaucratic functionary. Caleb Stegall Historically, power centers are eroded and/or demolished only by stronger opposing powers. If…
Stegall Accepts Position in Brownback Administration
Caleb Stegall is set to become general councel for Governor Brownback when he takes office on January 10. Here is the announcement. No doubt his new responsibilities will leave…
An Invitation to Caleb’s Porch
Those of us who have been around Front Porch republican for a while will remember the trenchant, funny and (in my opinion) only occasionally incorrect musings of Caleb Stegall,…
The Internet Won’t Feed You, and Neither Will We
...senator from Kansas. Caleb Stegall While I understand my correspondents' anger, I'm not very sympathetic. The sooner we are collectively disabused of the notion that all we need is…
Responding to RAF
Russell wrote: This is, perhaps, why Caleb Stegall and those like him are, to me anyway, the most important-if not necessarily the most persuasive-of all the localists and agrarians…
So What Does the Porch Really Think of Rugged Individualism, Self-Made Men (or Women), Can Do Optimism, and Self-Reliance?
...While I consider myself good humored, I don't have the brain chemistry for constant maintenance of such an attitude. That's fine. But don't think that any such thing as…
Go to the Ant
...do? Newspaper routes are a thing of the past. I think we have a couple of generations cut off at the knees. Caleb Stegall "Rabble above, rabble below! What…
I Did Taste!
...and water New Deal socialism" (and presumably pacifism)of Mr. Berry's worldview and certainly to that of Pollan's tenured professoriat on the Berkeley scene. Not so sure about Hanson though.…
10*
...I always thought it was based on the Aeneid. Caleb Stegall Russell, I confess I missed seeing your second list until just now. But am glad we can share…
FPR v. PoMoCon, Part Deux
...take up ukelele lessons with Caleb. Caleb Stegall Carl, you haven't spent much time around here it seems. I'm an elected republican office holder and spend a good deal…
Race, Localism, and the Problem of Over-Articulation: A Further Response to First Things
Joe Carter Thanks for the response, Caleb. (One small correction: I'm only the online editor at FT, not the managing editor.) Caleb Stegall You're welcome. And sorry about my…
The Front Porch Agenda?
...hope the commentors and contributors hit this hard before this evening when I'm coming back to bloviate! Absolutely brilliant! Caleb Stegall 1) Requires 26 govs. Liklihood is irrelevant, it…
Community
...essay. As a liberal I of course do not find him completely unproblematic although considerably less problematic than Rand or even Reagan and G.W. Bush. Caleb Stegall James is…
Electrifying
...me but I should have said "oppose any objection to"...rather than "oppose any surrender to" Caleb Stegall "One has to embrace ones compulsions" DW is truly a Rablaisian fellow…
A Patched Fool
...think bringing up concerns about anti-Semitism is beyond the pale. Caleb Stegall Joe, this is what Bottum wrote: "Last year, Rusty Reno explored a little the modern pop music…
Gauntlets
Caleb Stegall What is to be done? Remember Voegelin's comment that no one is obliged to participate in the disorders of his age, and remember Berry's pungent question to…