Articles Archive
The Abolition of Woman
Intrepid as always, James Kalb comments on feminism.
Paul Ryan: More of the Same
When the New York Times reported that Governor Romney was facing pressure from the “Right” to name Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his running mate, the flagship newspaper of the…
The FPR conference lineup
Here is the tentative, don't-hold-us-legally-accountable-if-it-ain't-exactly-this-way lineup of speakers for the Front Porch Republic conference on September 15 at Hope College, in Holland, Michigan. We'll let you know if there are…
Public versus Government Schools
In an essay posted at the law and liberty blog I explored how Progressives seek to rear citizens--to create the kind of citizens well suited to the Progressive administrative state.…
LDS Trip
Musings on our Burned-Over District neighbors, the Mormons: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/just-deseret/.
The Anti-tradition of Modern Art
Those acquainted with Tom Wolfe's essay “The Invisible Artist” or Solzhenitsyn's “Playing On The Strings Of Emptiness” will find a familiar theme in this recent New English Review piece by poet…
America, One Minor League Ballpark at a Time
Being a report on a journey whereupon I dragged my wife to see seven minor league baseball games in seven days, as well as the National Baseball Hall of Fame,…
Big Society: Can the Britons “Build That”?
The place is Great Britain; the year is 2011. Years of economic downturn have brought the unsustainability of government-funded social services to a crisis point. Prime Minister David Cameron re-launches…
A View from the Studebaker Servants’ Quarters
I’ve breathed its dust in, taken careful note how plastic urns break in the snow; how I can merely mock at stone’s sad history; pronounce its fate, perhaps, but just…
“Like Most Satirists I am a Reactionary”
Native son and caustically loving biographer of our country Gore Vidal (http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-last-republican) has died. Don't mourn; read: Burr, Lincoln, Screening History, Homage to Daniel Shays, United States, The Last Empire....
Scotch on the Bruce
Owen Sound, ONT The Bruce Peninsula extends like a claw off Southern Ontario’s main land mass into the Great Lakes basin. Forming a long arc with Manitoulin Island, the Bruce…
Culture War No More
In recent decades we have heard much of the so-called “culture wars.” For many, the idiom of war has come to dominate their thinking in all things cultural and this,…
FPR Conference Details
Whether or not you've yet registered for the FPR Conference, the following information may be of interest: We will be hosting the conference in the Maas Conference Center on the campus…
Whatever Happened to the Playful Ad Hominem?
Few things excited or engaged my mind as a child as much as Buckley’s playful ad hominem attacks, launched regularly at his guests on Firing Line. The debates concerned heavy…
Nisbet, Austerity, and Progressive Community
Over at the Liberty and Law blog I am writing a series of essays in which I examine Robert Nisbet’s ideas in light of contemporary austerity. In the first essay…
The View From Your Front Porch
Bethune, S.C. -- I am told there used to be a small dairy farm of less than 50 cows just a quarter-mile down the road from where we stay. If…
Sheep in the Parlor
These are good days for those residing in old homes with wide front porches and easy access to quaint Main Street shopping. After all, trends in urban design seem to…
Romney Photo
I received my official photo of Mitt Romney in the mail today. It came from the Republican National Committee. It shows Governor Romney standing before an unpainted barn, an American…
Agrarianism & Gay Marriage
Rod Dreher has an American Conservative post up expressing concern regarding Wendell Berry’s views on “gay marriage”. Dreher is reacting to statements like the following, made by Berry during a…
Tories are Persons, and Persons are Tories (but so too is Labour)
All too many weeks ago, I promised a series of posts on foundations for a new religious right . . . and then I promptly, and happily, disappeared into the…
Register Now for FPR’s Fall Conference in Holland, MI
Registration is now open for our Second Annual Conference to be held on September 15. This time we will be in Holland, MI on the beautiful campus of Hope College.…
Caped Crusaders and the Flight From Society
The American appetite for cinematic adaptations of children’s stories about grown men who dress as rodents to save the world from grown men dressed as reptiles is bottomless. The Avengers is already…
Prisoners Pedal to Produce Power
Meanwhile, an article from Tree Hugger: Brazil's Santa Rita do Sapucaí prison, following the suggestion of a local judge, recently installed electricity-generating stationary bikes as part of a plan to…
