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I will be in New York City on October 6-7.  For details, see here.  If anyone is in the area and wants to attend events or plan an FPR event…

The so-called "wise men" of Michael Gerson and David Brooks's imagination don't exist.  And the same could be said of the super experts that supposedly run things in our financial…

This story (and the broader phenomena it represents which would include everything from the explosion of reality TV to Facebook) illustrates what appears to be fertile new ground for Girardian inquiry…

Michael Gerson's column this morning seems a likely candidate to spur some friendly discussion on the Porch.

Another Tea Party candidate appears set to make political waves by unseating an establishment figure by running a rag-tag minuteman-type campaign.

The options: A decentralized food system or a centralized regulatory system backed by the power of the state.

Human nature, innate human longings, human biology, and human history are all on your side.

Can the blight of modern reductive thinking and living be overcome by humanistic education? Newman thought so; so does Villanova.

Angelo Codevilla gives us an excellent diagnosis of the problem. The cure is not explained.

"Here's a couple of things America got right - cars and freedom."

Gossip, under the right circumstances, acts as a virtue which demonstrates concern and thickens social ties.

Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More

A report from the heartland.

Next time your kids ask you to tell them a scary story, show them this slide show.  Only I imagine this one will be keeping the parents awake at night.

Long time friend of FPR, Michael Brendan Dougherty, has a new blog.  Go read it. On why his blog has no comments: "They boost traffic and make people feel they…

Whether left or right, the ethical education of those we send to fight should concern us all.

Yesterday's ruling in the Arizona immigration law matter by Federal District Judge Susan Bolton is reverberating around the internet today.  Most of the heat is generated by the substantive policy…

Could it be that there is a growing awareness that work--labor that actually results in something of value--and honesty are virtues worth preserving?

One of the key flashpoints over the identity of the Church has been the notion of inclusivity. When my church-related school redid its mission statement a couple of years ago,…

Big Questions Online makes its appearance.

Due to the vagaries of the weather and the incompetence and indifference of Delta Airlines, I found myself homeless in New York City for 24 hours. Although the airline caused…

In architecture I am a reactionary.

A reader asks: anyone interested in joining the Ciceronian Society, a new APSA-affiliated group?