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The place and date of Front Porch Republic's second annual conference have been set. We'll get together on Saturday, September 15, at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. We will once…

“If you’ve never worked a tradeshow booth,” a business pal once remarked to me, “you’re not a real American.” True dat. At the Good Food Festival and Conference in Chicago…

I’m delighted to note the publication of Surpassing Pleasure (Porcupine’s Quill: http://porcupinesquill.ca), a collection of poetry by John Slater, a Cistercian who is known within his order as Brother Isaac.…

Putting Sam Peckinpah in his place: "Peckinpah Country" (from The American Conservative).

The dual fan debate.

For those in the D.C. area, I will be speaking at the National Cathedral on Sunday morning at 10:10. The topic is "The State of Political Geography: Where Do We…

Don't miss Brad Birzer's superbly thoughtful essay "Christian Humanists Challenge the Machine." He provides a lucid historical and philosophical roadmap tracing the anti-humanism of the modern impulse of mastery, beginning…

If you were intrigued by the song about Edward Abbey posted by Bill Kauffman, this three part interview with Abbey might be of interest. There is plenty of food for thought…

Tom Russell, true son of the American Southwest, sings about the Man from Home. Thanks to Brian Frizzell for the link.

FPR readers are invited to attend the coming Ciceronian Society Conference at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, March 29-31. All attendance to observe the panels is free of charge.…

It just makes me laugh: Government Can NOTE: MY APOLOGIES. Somehow or other the wrong link showed up on that. Thank you anymouse for correcting me. I deeply apologize to…

On Sunday I was the invited speaker at the magnificent National Cathedral in a series devoted to the exploration of political themes. The subject was "The State of Political Language."…

Since the first Gulf War, it has been popular among many Christian (especially but not exclusively Catholic) conservatives to justify American military interventions via just-war theory -- which conveniently always…

Rabbi Herzfeld of the National Synagogue has petitioned the House Ethics Committee to discipline a House staffer who appears to be recalcitrant as to one of the finer points of…

This is a powerful piece describing the consequences of some fertility techniques that involve selective reduction of embryos. I will never fully recover from what I've seen, and done.  For…

David Brooks weighs in on the latest data regarding marriage. The poor man. I know of no one who is more tied in knots over contemporary notions of autonomy than…

Along with the recent debate over contraceptive coverage, it is clear that not only has sex permeated our politics and cultural life (Kristof couldn't be more disingenuous), but it has…

I was invited by the good people at "Minding the Campus" to write a response to the recently released 2011 American Freshman Survey. My brief essay is now available on…

I was delighted to see that Thomas Mallon, a superb novelist whose subject is often American politics (my favorites are Henry and Clara and Two Moons), has just published Watergate:…

The indispensable Tony Esolen, invoking the themes of place, limits, and liberty with great eloquence.  

Jesus without religion is like thinking without tradition.

I had previously thought that Ground Hog Day was strictly a holiday for the residents of the virtuous commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Turns out that the day is celebrated far and…

The Atlantic offers characteristics of conservatives. How does the Porch fit in?

Today in New York City the oral arguments will be heard. You can read more here and here. On January 31, family farmers will take part in the first phase…