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The federal courts' extraordinarily broad interpretation of the Constitution's interstate commerce clause has long posed a problem for localists -- which is to say, for community self-governance. That has never…

From today's Wall Street Journal, my review of the Library of America's Ambrose Bierce omnibus:

Let’s call the whole world Christ’s. Ryan Lizza’s piece on Michele Bachmann prompted an avalanche of posts from bloggers and columnists who took issue with effort to link the Congresswoman…

You won't want to miss this. Register here. Session 1: Mobility and the Crisis of Community Patrick Deneen: The Liberal Self and Mobility Allan Carlson: Why the Modern Family Keeps…

From Pope Benedict XVI's Address to Young University Professors: "Where will young people encounter those reference points in a society which is increasingly confused and unstable? At times one has…

If you must lie, measure it against your own self-interest and make sure it is legal, and if at all possible try not to do it under oath.

McDowell County in North Carolina suffered an unemployment rate of 14.8% in 2009 (over 4% higher than the national rate). At a loss with what to do with the increasing…

Devon, PA. For months now, I have been sitting on an incomplete draft of a series of essays on "Localism and the Universal Church," wherein I seek to show that…

Say what you will about Ron Paul, Fox News' failure to say anything about the candidate is curious and gives Jon Stewart a big target. The Daily Show - Indecision…

Robert T. Miller and I discuss two opposed views of Catholic Social Teaching as it relates to economics in this month's issue of Dappled Things. Robert defends that "... for…

"Good Morning America" has named Sleeping Bear Dunes, along the Lake Michigan shore, its "most beautiful place" in America. I can think of at least two other Porchers who could…

This is Part II of a III Part series on C.S. Lewis and Statism. The series originally appeared at theIndependent Institute. See Part I here and Part II here. Collectivism and…

Many readers will be interested in a highly critical review of the Coen Brothers' remake of True Grit that has just been published in ANAMNESIS. The review is entitled, "Rooster…

This is Part II of a III Part series on C.S. Lewis and Statism. The series originally appeared at theIndependent Institute. See Part I here and Part III here. Moral…

This is Part I of a III Part series on C.S. Lewis and Statism. The series originally appeared at the Independent Institute. See part II here and part III here.…

One has a free choice of whether to take one's cocaine in crystal or powdered form. However, while this may be a free choice, it is never a choice of…

A story from the Chicago Tribune tells of an enterprising mother named Kris Swanberg, who runs a wildly successful ice cream business. Of course, where food is concerned, the State…

Freedom Requires Restraint

Devon, PA.  I am pleased to report that FPR will once again hold a roundtable discussion at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture's 2011 Conference ,which runs 10-12…

Looting as the psycho-spiritual symbol of the welfare age: "But it’s more than childish destructiveness motivating the rioters. At a more fundamental level, these are youngsters who are uniquely alienated…

It was a dark and stormy night when I first met Peter Stanlis. The year was 2000. I had recently become senior editor at ISI Books, and he had just…

Devon, PA. R.R. Reno writes on the First Things website this morning, I’m no libertarian. St. Paul was clear that government is ordained by God, and St. Thomas helps us…

I'm not even sure how to comment on this story. I have written previously on how modern golf course design takes a backseat to that of the "Golden Age" of…

A proper remembering requires more than telling the facts or chronicling the plunder, rape, murder in Nanking; it requires that one explain the event.