Results for “Caleb Stegall”

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…
Mark T. Mitchell
September 4, 2013

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,…
June 10, 2020

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…
December 8, 2014

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…
May 8, 2009

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…
Mark T. Mitchell
February 19, 2010

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…
Patrick Deneen
June 21, 2009

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…
October 15, 2009

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…
Mark T. Mitchell
September 9, 2013

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…
Patrick Deneen
October 18, 2009

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…
Mark T. Mitchell
December 30, 2010

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,…
April 4, 2018

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…
March 18, 2009

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…
March 26, 2009

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…
November 17, 2010

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…
September 18, 2009

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.…
April 2, 2009

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…
April 2, 2010

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…
Patrick Deneen
June 26, 2009

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…
July 1, 2009

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…
November 2, 2009

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…
May 29, 2009

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…
Patrick Deneen
September 21, 2009

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…
June 26, 2009

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…
Patrick Deneen
October 21, 2009