Mark T. Mitchell is the co-founder of Front Porch Republic. He is the Dean of Academic Affairs at Patrick Henry College and the author of several books including Plutocratic Socialism, Power and Purity, The Limits of Liberalism, The Politics of Gratitude, and Localism in Mass Age: A Front Porch Republic Manifesto (co-editor).
Mark T. Mitchell
Articles by Mark T. Mitchell
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?
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…
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.…
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.
Rebel Gardeners Wage Veggie War
In Buenos Aires guerrilla gardeners scatter seed bombs throughout the city.
Kindle Outsells Paperbacks
Does the Kindle change the way we read so that what we read is in the process changed?
The End of the World
The gloom and doom is contagious. We live in a time when a certain respectability seems to attach to those who predict the demise of America, freedom, prosperity, or even…
Stegall Accepts Position in Brownback Administration
Caleb Stegall is set to become general councel for Governor Brownback when he takes office on January 10. Here is the announcement. No doubt his new responsibilities will leave less time…
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…
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?
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.
Alasdair MacIntyre and the Financial Crisis
Teaching ethics to traders is as pointless as reading Aristotle to your dog.
Facebook and Friendship
Does the risk-free security of a screen hamper the development of real friendships?
Gridlock and the Common Good
Events may soon conspire to force a conversation about the common good and the limits of power. Until that happens, gridlock may be the best option.
Michael Pollan’s 36-Hour Dinner Party
Is there a connection between building something together and community?