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Rebel Gardeners Wage Veggie War
In Buenos Aires guerrilla gardeners scatter seed bombs throughout the city.
For Craft and Country: Richard Wakefield’s Eminent Domain
Richard Wakefield’s book of poems takes its place as one more important and hard-won advance in the restoration of good poetry to our culture.
God, Philosophy, Universities
Review of MacIntyre's book.
Kindle Outsells Paperbacks
Does the Kindle change the way we read so that what we read is in the process changed?
Sex and the Nanny State
We are paying for the sexual revolution in more ways than one.
Global Citizens of the World: Fly!
How to feel good about yourself on $50,000 a day.
Libertarians and Others Talking about Traditionalism
An argument about tradition commences.
Two Columns Worth Reading
Two columns - by Brooks and Cohen - provoke reflection upon the nature of our civic crisis.
Stegall Accepts Position in Brownback Administration
Caleb Stegall is set to become general councel for Governor Brownback when he takes office on January 10. Here is the announcement. No doubt his new responsibilities will leave less time…
The Kodachrome Era Ends, Right Here in Kansas
Mama, they took my Kodachrome away.
Porchers vs. Tea Partiers?
ISI sponsors an on-line discussion on the limits of liberty.
Localism and Globalism Again (and a Note)
What kind of conservative takes a dim view of his country’s established institutions, feels something less than at home with its way of life as it actually lives it, and…
More Hell, Less Corn
Caleb Stegall is a real person from a real place, a Kansas patriot and a helluva good writer. His presence enriches, enlivens, and even ennobles the front porch. I very…
Dirty Hands
Jesse Straight reads Wendell Berry and Joel Saletin in college and now raises chickens. Listen to the story when an NPR reporter helps him at the slaughter.
Of Sheeple and Banksters
Meanwhile in America, the sheeple remain content with, or blind to, their role as sheep to be slaughtered to feed the rich.
Waiting for Superman, and a Real Conversation
The film describes a good education as one which prepares students for the high-tech jobs available in 21st Century America. A few union supporters have objected that the purpose of…
Sarah Palin’s Alaska
Last time, Palin wasn't the point. This time, she is.
Whatever Happened to Community in Childcare?
What says more about our culture than who we entrust our children to?
Alasdair MacIntyre and the Financial Crisis
Teaching ethics to traders is as pointless as reading Aristotle to your dog.
The TSA and the Abuse Power
How much is enough?
Humanity and Honor, Culture and Clarity
Sometimes when you sit in the pew you get the feeling that the preacher is talking to you. Of course, this impression is magnified when the preacher loudly calls your…
Further Clarity
Is the Porch anti-American?
Person of the year?
I don't look to any of the MSM for enlightenment, but you can find curious cultural touchstones from Time to time, the former of which has released its list of…