Articles Archive

JL Strickland, former Alabama mill worker and self-proclaimed "Linthead Emeritus," on a boy and a town: two more casualties of the deeply anti-American American Empire: www.ComeHomeAmerica.us.

Tucson, AZ. One of the pleasing genres of contemporary journalism is the coverage of bizarre happenings in academe that shock the sensibility of the middle classes.  You know the types:…

As I predicted last October, the Supreme Court has made short work of the argument that the odious, bigoted, hateful, ridiculous Westboro Baptist Church ought to be subject to lawsuits…

FPR, in conjunction with Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, MD, will be hosting a conference titled "Human Scale and the Human Good: Creating Healthy Communities in a Global Age." …

Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson would like you to think of the Farm Bill as an Eating Bill.

On March 1, Wendell Berry was awarded one of the nation's Humanities Medals in a ceremony at the White House. This article relates his charming and ever-humble response to the…

Alexandria, VA In the wake of the tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona, a chorus of voices – mainly, if not exclusively on the political Left – arose in denunciation of…

On March 2, 2009, FPR was born. We've been going for two years now and our mission remains clear: to advance human flourishing through the promotion of political decentralism, economic…

California, we are told, will have a $25 billion budget deficit over the next 20 months. However, they seem to be caught in a trap. If they were to actually…

Welcome, March! William Cullen Bryant saw through your bluster: For thou, to northern lands again, The glad and glorious sun dost bring, And thou hast joined the gentle train And…

There are plenty of reasons to lament, but here is a reason to hope. A school in Texas reaches out to some unlikely opponents and shows how a community can…

An actual cowboy's life was a far cry from a John Wayne Western.

For those in the LA area, Pepperdine University will be hosting an intriguing conference on the idea of place. The conference is titled A Place in the World: Geography, Identity,…

Tucson, AZ. Far from my native Midwest, which sometimes seems to be working out the details of its final collapse after decades of decline, and far from the equally depressing…

Young people are questioning the upwardly mobile aspirations of their parents. Many are opting to put down roots. This is a good sign.

The demonstrations in support of union power in Wisconsin ought to speak powerfully to all localists, despite the complicated baggage they bring with them.

Join in this debate between myself and Brian Domitrovic (Econoclasts) at the ISI "First Principles" blog.

Commitment to a place is an important idea. But in the face of complete social breakdown, is there any place left to salvage?

Cisco is boasting that its new communications technology will change the way we engage others. Indeed, when a hologram of a man in California appears before an audience in India…

Kearneysville, WV. Edmund Burke lamented that the age of chivalry has passed. He was, of course, commenting on the attempted eradication of all social distinctions by the revolutionaries in France.…

My lunch with Bill Clune is served at the American Conservative: http://www.amconmag.com/blog/meet-the-marlboro-man/.

For all the unpredictability of her outfits, there is one thing that has been quite predictable about her work: Gaga’s constant equation of love with violence and humiliation.

Thoughts on the "Andrew Jackson versus Mr. Peanut" debate.

I'm lecturing at Virginia Tech on Friday. Come on by.