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FPR's first annual conference will be held at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, MD on September, 24, 2011. The conference title is "Human Scale and the Human Good: Creating…

In a recent piece in The Weekly Standard, Adam J. White argues that Samuel Alito is a Burkean conservative. By looking at Alito's reasoning and not simply his voting record,…

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…

Mecosta, MI.  A FPR reader has written a fine essay dilating on a theme introduced in my own most recent piece (which was, in fact, largely a set of links…

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…

Devon, PA.  Mark A. Signorelli's superb essay, "Poetry and the Common Language," appeared on FPR last month, and made to my mind a fine addition to helping us contemplate the…

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…

Devon, PA.  Newsweek listed Grand Rapids as one of America's top-ten dying cities sometime ago.  This prompted the city to come together in a rather inspired way to film a…

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…

Devon, PA.  Paul Craig Roberts reports at The American Conservative the shocking news that a Nobel-prizing-winning economist associated with the Council on Foreign Relations has demonstrated the deleterious effects of…

May 27 is the 100th anniversary of the birthday of Hubert Horatio Humphrey.  Jesse Walker has brought an interesting tribute by Rick Perlstein to my attention.  It’s a perceptive analysis,…

"[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…