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David Brooks on Phillip Blond
David Brooks offers an unstinting positive assessment of Phillip Blond's alternative to the current Left/Right alignment.
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…
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…
Some Children Must Be Left Behind
Will raising the legal dropout age teach troubled kids anything? Probably not.
One Tea Party Too Late
Derbyshire in the latest TAC: [H]ere are the Tea Partiers vowing to “take back America.” Is there any real prospect of their doing so? If the “time left for us…
It’s the Land, Stupid
I'll take the old gal with a few well-earned wrinkles that fit soft and snug like a favorite glove. It's the land, stupid, and boy is she a thing of…
Beyond Capitalism and Socialism: Rebuilding an American Economy Focused on Family and Community
In light of the the economic crisis - and the bright light it sheds on the failings of modern capitalism - there is a need to reconsider older arguments of…
Interview with Me
Recently I was interviewed by the organizers of the website "The Conservatory." Here is an excerpt of the interview, as well as a link to the whole discussion.
And the Jays Have it (Republican Bunning Hazards the Impolitic)
As one of literary bent and so frequently guilty of casting the charge of a Pox On Both Houses at our besotted political parties, I was impressed that at long…
Place, Limits, Liberty (In That Order)
Harvey Mansfield and William Galston disagree about liberty; from the perspective that insists place empowers liberty, Galston has it right.
Our Hookup Culture
Hooking up is almost bound to emerge as a norm among young adults in a large-scale society where mobility is highly prized and cultivated.
Appetite Control
The farmer Joel Salatin speaks at Georgetown - coincidentally during "Sex Positive Week." He should have been scheduled for those events too, since he has something in general to teach…
FPR: One Year Old
Today marks the first anniversary of the Front Porch Republic. Such a milestone provides an opportunity to cast a quick glance back on the year and indicate a bit…
Perils of the Stationary State
When economic growth finally levels off, what kind of world comes after? Shall we be unchained from the mad rush for money of the last century? Or will other but…
Finger on the Scale
The American economy has been marked by a tremendous concentration of private power over the past 50 years. The only question is not whether this should be reversed, but how…
The Great Leveler: Darwin, Garrison Keillor, and Wing Bowl
Yes, a good dinner conversation is akin to chimps licking fleas off each other because it is a way of bonding and establishing relationships and hierarchies within the group.
“Spiritual, Not Religious”
What we need today is not a generation that is “spiritual, not religious.” I would argue that what is needed is the studied capacity to be “religious, not spiritual."