Articles Archive
What is American?
While there is much work to be done and there are no guarantees of success, we don’t have to look far for the foundations upon which to build. They are…
Ida’s Own Private Husband
My review of Leigh Eric Schmidt's Heaven's Bride appeared in this weekend's Wall Street Journal.
The Blind Senator from Minnesota
It was difficult to say whether they were on the far left or the far right or both simultaneously, but you were safe to identify them as radical, whichever political…
End of the Culture Wars?
Ross Douthat suggests that the culture wars have moved to a different battlefield. I dissent.
Monarchy and the American Constitution
The American Constitution, as it was originally written and understood, is the most monarchical-democratic document in the modern world.
On the Porch with Bye, Bye, Miss American Empire
I value a writer who makes me read with a dictionary. Godspeed the man with a memory.
Torn Screen Door
Listen to the fierce and mournful "Torn Screen Door" by the Scottish-Canadian singer/songwriter David Francey.
Localism and Globalism Again (and a Note)
What kind of conservative takes a dim view of his country’s established institutions, feels something less than at home with its way of life as it actually lives it, and…
Homeschooling and Socialization
What is this thing we call “socialization” and why is there a perception that this is best achieved in the classroom and thwarted by homeschooling?
More Hell, Less Corn
Caleb Stegall is a real person from a real place, a Kansas patriot and a helluva good writer. His presence enriches, enlivens, and even ennobles the front porch. I very…
Monarchy and Regalism
A thing without proper limits becomes its own opposite, and benevolence quickly becomes a tyranny which threatens both civil and religious order.
Dirty Hands
Jesse Straight reads Wendell Berry and Joel Saletin in college and now raises chickens. Listen to the story when an NPR reporter helps him at the slaughter.
Of Sheeple and Banksters
Meanwhile in America, the sheeple remain content with, or blind to, their role as sheep to be slaughtered to feed the rich.
A Gift from the Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons, Southern hippie aristocrat Byrd progenitor of “Cosmic American Music” who spent too much tyme eight miles high, expressed his Christian faith in a number of tunes, none lovelier…
I have my own money, thank you.
How New England can change the world?
American Graffiti
Where this latest tourist among the rustics goes wrong is in not crediting the stay-at-homes with the capacity to dream, and in not noticing that some of those who “got…
Waiting for Superman, and a Real Conversation
The film describes a good education as one which prepares students for the high-tech jobs available in 21st Century America. A few union supporters have objected that the purpose of…
Why I am a Monarchist
herefore, it behooves me to cut directly to the chase, and state very clearly why I am a monarchist: “I am a monarchist because I am a democrat.”
Local Beer, Rhyming Poets
Seven poets, including your humble author, descend upon Victory Brewing Company this coming Sunday to test the compatibility of Hops and Hopkins.