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Here's an interesting essay arguing that the rise of divorce rates among the elderly is due to Facebook and other social media. The author, Sheri Kirschenbaum, points to data from…

you happen to live in western Michigan, and don’t have any plans for this Saturday, you may be interested in coming to Grand Rapids to hear me give a talk…

So say the signers (including four Front Porch-sitters) of this letter (www.comehomeamerica.us) from the nascent antiwar group Come Home, America. The permanent warfare state ill serves Americans; shall we give the…

Dear friends of FPR, Please join us at the inaugural Front Porch Republic conference on Saturday, September 24, at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Co-sponsored by the Mount…

One of the most unexamined terms in regular use among left Catholics today is "social justice." Vague and often closely aligned with support for national government social programs, "social justice"…

This article describes the effort of local villages in Germany to provide their own heat through local renewable resources. And, wonderfully, it stresses that the effort combines the twin achievements…

Miss Manners has weighed in on proper etiquette as regards persons in "polyamorous relationships." I am fascinated here by at least three things: 1) the reference to the polyamorous community;…

If you be in or around Washingtron on Sunday, June 19, join Dan McCarthy, Ralph Nader, Kelley Vlahos, Kevin Zeese, and Marc Steiner to discuss how patriots of left, right,…

Wherein we go hopping down Bunny's trail: www.amconmag.com/blog/wilsons-picket/

A farm in Montgomery County, MD may be shut down to build soccer fields. Will the community defend the farm? Nick Maravell has farmed the land on Brickyard Rd. in…

I've resisted writing about the TV show Friday Night Lights for two reasons: first, no self-respecting porcher will admit to watching TV, much less singing its praises; and, second, I've…

"[I]n February, Thomas Hoenig, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, warned against the violent possibilities of a farmland bubble, telling the Senate Agriculture Committee that 'distortions…

Mark you calendars! The Academy of Philosophy and Letters will hold its annual conference in Baltimore, MD from June 10-12. Check out the program and register here.This is sure to…

At ISI's First Principles site, Matthew Spalding and I consider how best to defang Leviathan.

Alan Pell Crawford on trying to find a baseball game amidst the FUNN in Richmond. Things are better in Batavia, though my friend Tom Williams and I annually threaten to…

At the Davenport Institute for Civic Engagement and Public Leadership at the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, we've launched three blog sites relating to public participation in governance. "Gov…

A New York Times piece, describes the renewed interest in animal power among some small farmers. Mind you, these are not quaint Pa Ingalls actors demonstrating out-dated farming techniques to…

Late last week I received notice that jolly Prince Charles will be speaking at Georgetown on the future of food, fresh from his oldest son's nuptials. While that news was…

With avidity and pleasure I’ve been reading American Georgics: Writings on Farming, Culture, and the Land, a collection of excerpts in the American agrarian tradition edited by Edwin C. Hagenstein,…

No, not legs. They're so 20th Century. The good people at Honda, responding to the crisis of people having to move their feet or stand on them, have developed a…

Our return to a distinctively modern form of paganism is nearly complete - a teacher at a Seattle school approved a "hunt" for round object containing sweets and surprises on…

Little Village Academy, a public school in Chicago, has banned sack lunches. Unless they can produce a medical excuse, all students are required to purchase lunch in the school's cafeteria…

Does it matter what kind of seeds you plant in your garden? Here is an article explaining why heirloom seeds are the way to go. One advantage is the fact…

Spring training is over, and I find myself at loose ends. Since moving to Phoenix a few years back, this has become the saddest time of the year for me.…