Articles Archive
God’s Economy
Bush's strong effort to restore the freedom of the church took the political side of this freedom for the whole meaning of the tradition. At the same time, his supply-side…
No National ID Tags for Buttercup–Yet
Since the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) has been discussed on this site by Jerry Salyer and Susan McWilliams, I want to mention that last month the program (after a $120+…
Phillip Blond at Villanova
Video of Blond's March 22nd talk at Villanova is now available online.
The Closing of the Conservative Mind?
No fan of Frum am I, but this is disturbing. The AEI has fired him for deviations from the Party Line.
David Rieff on FPR–and others
According to David Rieff, FPR occupies an honorable space on the right side of the American commentariat spectrum, in that many of our writers (1) are willing to admit the…
Hail to the Publican
A friend sent me the other day two issues of a little journal called The Publican of Philadelphia. Since I am forever worried that the Porch's ongoing what-to-do conversation gravitates…
A Reader Responds – For and Against Blond/Brooks
Practical suggestions from a practical reader. Thoughts?
An Apologia for Tiger Woods
The rise and fall of Tiger Woods leads to a brief meditation both on beauty and virtue.
Hot Tub Economics
The ideology of free trade and managed society continues to destroy the prospects of a prosperous American in the Twenty-First Century. Let us dig down and return to the one…
Plutonomics, Citibank, and the Doom Cycle
And what is the CLEW, you may ask? It is the Cost of Living Extremely Well, which measures such essential items as the price rise in Beluga caviar or a…
David Brooks on Phillip Blond
David Brooks offers an unstinting positive assessment of Phillip Blond's alternative to the current Left/Right alignment.
An Elegant Plan
Obama would like a health care plan that is academically approved, but not publicly. Any wonder it still hasn't passed?
Local History
JEFFERSON COUNTY, KANSAS. It's been seventy years since John Steuart Curry unveiled his masterpiece murals on the walls of the Kansas State House. Their anarchic depiction of my home land…
Milliner on Wilson, Wilson on Gioia: Catholic Intellectuals and Modern Culture
Matthew J. Milliner explicates "Art and Beauty," while Dana Gioia wins Notre Dame's Laetare Medal
Miss Coach
A woman head coach of a boy's high school football team robs the players of a male role model and diminishes the bonds of male camaraderie.
Deneen Spring Tour Dates
With stops in Dallas and Philadelphia. The City of Brotherly Love should beware - I'll be there the same evening as Peters, who will be lecturing at Villanova. Riot police…