Thanksgiving Reflection II: Modestly Thankful
I am ambivalent about Thanksgiving. Giving thanks is not a problem though I am sure I could show more gratitude especially when stuck behind...
A Good Wife
“Nothing is better for man than a good wife...”
Hesiod, Works and Days
One might wonder whether that is an overstatement.
It was once suggested to me...
Anarchism, Global Citites, and a Confucian Cosmopolitan Education
I recently attended a conference in Nanjing, China, hosted by the Hopkins-Nanjing Center and organized our fellow Porcher, Adam Webb. You can read a...
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,...
A Little Home Cooking
Richmond, VA
I do not think it outrageous, every now and then, to despair for the future of cooking in this country. Not all the...
Marginalizing Care: What Happens when Healthcare and Education become Industries
Spring Arbor, MI
In our age of austerity and cost-cutting, the two industries currently under the microscope are healthcare and education. The gains in productivity...
What, Then, Are We Fighting For?
Owen Sound, ONT
While in Italy last month, I learned that my nation was under attack.
On waking, I found myself being told by Wolf Blitzer,...
The Polls of Nowhere
Nowhere, America
Today, the subjects of the Assimilated Provinces of Megalomerica will go to the polls to vote. It's mostly a formality, since the polls...
The Monday Morning Brass Spittoon: Roundtable on the Elections
While most of our writers are self-described conservatives, FPR has been, for the most part, a non-partisan enterprise. This is in no small part...