Three Conceptions: Laschian, Romantic, and Immaculate
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God, who is our home
-- "Intimations of Immortality," William...
Playing With Turtles
Spring Arbor, MI
(Editor's note: Like any real front porch, FPR seeks to be a place where children are valued and welcome. Much of what...
The Bombadil Option
Manchester, CT
“Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow,
Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow.
None has ever caught him yet, for Tom,...
Seeing Our (Non-Cosmopolitan) Selves
Some years ago, some of the folks behind F5, an alternative weekly newspaper here in Wichita, started a different (and, as it turned out,...
How Marx Explains the Pomo-Con/Front-Porch Divide, In Four Easy Steps
Via Rod Dreher, I see that the occasionally interesting blog Postmodern Conservative has departed its longtime home at the (often, if not always) theoconservative...
Gettysburg at 150: Some Essays
Holland, MI
My wife will be the first to point out that I’m not much of one for marking anniversaries, but it seems - to...
Longing for Home Over Glory: An Artful Interpretation of the Epic...
Dramatic paths to glory are viewed with skepticism in our modern democratic age. As Tocqueville suggests, “amongst democratic nations ambition is ardent and continual,...
What You Need to Know About John Lukacs
John Lukacs (1924-) is one of the last great narrative historians, to be numbered among Jacques Gibbon, Jacques Barzun, George Kennan and Samuel A. Huntington....