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The Left-Coast Republic

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…

Live Where We Are

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…
March 1, 2011

A Community Does Good

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…
Mark T. Mitchell
March 1, 2011

Cowboy Poetry

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

A Conference on Place

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,…
Mark T. Mitchell
February 27, 2011

Your Justice Is My Pay Check

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…

World Magazine Notes Trend Toward Localism

Young people are questioning the upwardly mobile aspirations of their parents. Many are opting to put down roots. This is a good sign.
Mark T. Mitchell
February 25, 2011

A (Compromised) Localist Looks at Wisconsin

The demonstrations in support of union power in Wisconsin ought to speak powerfully to all localists, despite the complicated baggage they bring with them.
February 25, 2011

Is capitalism in need of repair or retirement?

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

Alice Springs: A Really Bad Place

Commitment to a place is an important idea. But in the face of complete social breakdown, is there any place left to salvage?
Mark T. Mitchell
February 22, 2011

Cisco’s Hologram

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…
Mark T. Mitchell
February 21, 2011

Gentlemen Don’t Wrestle With Ladies

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.…
Mark T. Mitchell
February 20, 2011

The Right Profile

My lunch with Bill Clune is served at the American Conservative: http://www.amconmag.com/blog/meet-the-marlboro-man/.
February 18, 2011

Why We’re Gaga for Gaga

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.
February 18, 2011

Is Western Civilization Un-American?

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

In the Shadow of the Blue Ridge

I'm lecturing at Virginia Tech on Friday. Come on by.
Patrick Deneen
February 14, 2011

Obesity Rates Double. Let’s Ban Transfat.

If we continue reaching for the Twinkie, we shouldn't be surprised to find a government bureaucrat on the other end.
Mark T. Mitchell
February 14, 2011

T.S. Eliot Week

My Eliot week, I should say. All Readers of good will are welcome to join in the talk fest.

Wendell Berry Risks Arrest in Sit-In

A group of Kentuckians are protesting mountaintop removal.
Mark T. Mitchell
February 11, 2011

New Academic Journal and Call for Papers: ANAMNESIS, A Journal for the Study of Tradition, Place, and ‘Things Divine.’

This new academic journal will address many themes central to the interest of porchers.

Politics Reformed

A review of a fine book by Glenn Moots which opens the door to rethinking about America theologically.
Jeff Polet
February 10, 2011

Agriculture vs. Agribusiness

A visit to a CAFO makes it clear that to have sustainable agriculture, you have to make sustainable the lives and livelihoods of the people who do the work.
February 10, 2011

Duh

Time to sell the SUV. And buy a farm.
Patrick Deneen
February 9, 2011

Prime Directive

Let the unwashed eat Doritos.
Patrick Deneen
February 9, 2011