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Let's rent (or buy!) Copperhead, which is being released today on DVD/BluRay.

Jesse Winchester, a tuneful poet from a small corner of southern America who had to flee America--at a time when it was going through one of its more invasively imperial…

This article makes an interesting connection between place and politics. Specifically, it claims that sprawling cities favor Republican politics, while compact cities favor Democrat ideas. Meanwhile, this piece examines an…

From Notre Dame Magazine, the always excellent Jay Walljasper on the promise of the Front Porch.

Hollywood wants to make a movie set in Holland. Uh oh.  

“The land provides the greatest abundance of good things, but doesn’t allow them to be taken without effort.” “Furthermore, the land also freely teaches justice to those who are capable…

This article attempts to trace the history and acceptability of greed. Meanwhile, this piece give an interesting perspective on the lack of moral framework faced by younger generations in today's…

Mary Berry (Wendell's daughter, and an occasional contributor here) has founded The Berry Center to continue her family's work to buttress the economic well-being of small farmers, and the organization has pushed…

Mary Berry (Wendell's daughter, and an occasional contributor here) has founded The Berry Center to continue her family's work to buttress the economic well-being of small farmers, and the organization has pushed…

This week in The Week, Michael Brendan Dougherty has a piece titled "The Conservative Case Against Capitalism." Relying on Belloc's An Essay on the Restoration of Property, Dougherty argues that…

This piece reports a intriguing study indicating that walkable neighborhoods lower the risk of diabetes. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court made a ruling yesterday that loosened limits on campaign donations. And…

In an article at The American Conservative, Arthur W. Hunt III argues that the economic ideas touched on by Pope Francis point in the direction of distributism, a third way…

For those in the Great Lakes region, our own Jason Peters will be speaking this Thursday (April 3) in the Schaap Auditorium at Hope College. His lecture is entitled "What…

“Nor would the stress Of life be bearable for tender things Did not so long a respite come between The cold and heat, and heaven’s indulgence grant This comfort to…

This interesting piece explains that small government conservatives (the author mainly has libertarians in mind, it seems) cannot work together with neocons. Meanwhile, Wendell Berry (and some others) will be…

This piece from The Economist attempts to argue that narcissism can be good. Meanwhile, this piece asks whether rural America is a thing of the past. Ostensibly, social media is…

FPR contributor Ted McAllister and Bill McClay have just published a collection of essays titled Why Place Matters: Geography, Identity, and Civic Life in Modern America. It includes essays by…

This piece offers some interesting data about the proclivities of young adults. Apparently, there are tendencies away from religious affiliation, political identification, and early marriage. Meanwhile, this piece invokes research…

[Cross-posted to In Medias Res] If it so happens that someone who sees this post lives in or within driving distance of Wichita, KS, then let me invite you: the…

Sometimes speaking, or holding one’s tongue, can make the difference. All the difference. For life and death. Many in authority today are silent when they should not be. Through weakness.…

For readers in Western Michigan, Rod Dreher is speaking at Cornerstone University tonight at 7pm in the Matthews Auditorium. He is talking about Community and The Little Way of Ruthie…

Pope Francis has recently been invited to address the U.S. Congress, according to this piece. Meanwhile this piece has a pessimistic projection of the fate of that institution (specifically the…

“Some day, perhaps, remembering even this Will be a pleasure.” Virgil, The Aeneid, I Aeneas and his men have endured much since leaving Troy. And of course they left only…

The news has been abuzz recently with the story of a teen suing her parents to pay for her education. Meanwhile, this piece discusses the practice of Ash Wednesday "selfies."…