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The 3/50 Project

It's not a difficult argument to understand. You have a responsibility to your community because, among other things, you are not your own. So...

Family Warfare

GREETINGS FROM THE PROGRESSIVE POLICY WORLD It’s an honor and pleasure to be in dialogue with members of the Front Porch Republic. I heard...

The 100 Years vs. The 100 Days Standard

Erie, PA. Americans were reminded last month that since the time of the New Deal, it has become customary for presidents and...

The Economics of Distributism III: Equity and Equilibrium

What Does an Economy Do? If what we said in the last installment is correct, then the first task of any humane science is to...

Commencement Address

Take heart though, for most of your triumphs, large and small, lie in front of you as well. Which is just to say that you stand at a grand beginning, the cusp of possibility.

New Dishwasher?

Mt. Airy, Philadelphia. About a week ago our dishwasher started to issue a loud grinding sound from its hidden depths. After a few days...

Meritocracy, Urban Design, and Culture: Observations from a Friend

PHOENIX, ARIZONA. (Note: this post has two pages, thanks to webmaster Lundy's new-and-improved FPR technology.) I am gratified by the many responses, here and...

GPS, Security, and Freedom

Blairsville, GA. Recently my wife and I took a trip to New York City. To alleviate the trials of navigating an...

What Is to be Done?

On Amtrak Regional Train 130 Daniel Larison has written a number of related postings here (and here) and elsewhere that have insistently raised and...

Summertime Blues

Wichita, KS. I'm more than capable of putting on my localist and communitarian hat(s) during the fall, winter, and spring: I defend the public...