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The following essay is by Wilson Carey McWilliams, and is drawn from one of the two new collections of his writings, The Democratic Soul. More information about McWilliams, his thought,…

[Cross-posted to In Medias Res] Wichita, KS (This is, in many ways, connected to yesterday's post on Shannon Hayes's Radical Homemakers, but it also stands very much on its own.)…

Miss Manners has weighed in on proper etiquette as regards persons in "polyamorous relationships." I am fascinated here by at least three things: 1) the reference to the polyamorous community;…

Devon, PA.  In my previous essay, a sort of preface, I mentioned a two-part essay I published in the wake of the 2008 presidential election, called "Sarah Palin, Spectacular Politics, and the…

Devon, PA.  Scott Yenor, Associate Professor of Political Science at Boise State University, has provided two dispassionate and informative articles on the historical function of the family and the means…

Breaking free from the voices, soundtrack, machinery, and plastic of consumption and advertising gives an individual the opportunity to consider questions and ideas that the world outside St. Raymond’s continually…

And I'm certain my bovine stare was a dead giveaway that I found it troubling to imagine him wearing anything but a felt fedora while riding a horse named Hobby.

If you be in or around Washingtron on Sunday, June 19, join Dan McCarthy, Ralph Nader, Kelley Vlahos, Kevin Zeese, and Marc Steiner to discuss how patriots of left, right,…

Dumbing down of the concept of rights is not simply incoherent. It is pernicious.

New web pieces are now available on ANAMNESIS. These include Randall Smith's new poem, "Making Walls (Re-Thinking Robert Frost's 'Mending Wall' in the Age of the Office Cubicle)," and Dale…

Alexandria, VA Some, perhaps many readers here will know that I learned much of what I know of political philosophy - and, much of my understanding of life - from…

Wherein we go hopping down Bunny's trail: www.amconmag.com/blog/wilsons-picket/

A farm in Montgomery County, MD may be shut down to build soccer fields. Will the community defend the farm? Nick Maravell has farmed the land on Brickyard Rd. in…

What I wish for Jonathan is a culture rooted in that wonder and humility which fecundates all authentic wisdom; a culture directed by the grand human imperative of conjoining our…

Let the memories come, as I know they will, and be done with it.

Devon, PA.  Newsweek listed Grand Rapids as one of America's top-ten dying cities sometime ago.  This prompted the city to come together in a rather inspired way to film a…

I've resisted writing about the TV show Friday Night Lights for two reasons: first, no self-respecting porcher will admit to watching TV, much less singing its praises; and, second, I've…

Last Friday in Louisville, Kentucky, the city's Department of Health and Wellness issued a cease-and-desist order to the Whole Life Buying Club, and then placed the organization's milk cache under…

Tolkien understands the deepest of our longings and makes us understand them better than before.

Devon, PA.  Paul Craig Roberts reports at The American Conservative the shocking news that a Nobel-prizing-winning economist associated with the Council on Foreign Relations has demonstrated the deleterious effects of…

Interest in agrarian politics can start in childhood. As feminists used to say, "The personal is political."

May 27 is the 100th anniversary of the birthday of Hubert Horatio Humphrey.  Jesse Walker has brought an interesting tribute by Rick Perlstein to my attention.  It’s a perceptive analysis,…

Devon, PA. Everyone seems to be in on, and to understand, the debate between FPR and Peter Lawler's "postmodern conservatism" except me.  I have made a few jokes and gestures…

This week I have been lecturing at the Ignatianum Academy in Krakow, Poland. It has been a marvelous experience thus far, including time spent in the classroom with bright students,…