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FPR and the Graying of the World

FPR is the future.
Mark T. Mitchell
October 28, 2010

Pay Attention to Appearances

See an FPR author in a venue near you.
October 21, 2010

Peter Thiel

It may turn out that both intellectual development and the pursuit of filthy lucre are best pursued without the millstone of a college degree (and the debts, both monetary and…
October 21, 2010

The Best Foreign Policy is No Foreign Policy

Or, Domestic policy is the only policy.
October 20, 2010

Why election season is the most depressing season of all

Momma don't let your babies grow up to be campaign managers.
Jeff Polet
October 19, 2010

Why Is This Man Wearing Gloves?

Because the rent is too damn high!
October 19, 2010

Another Front Porch Success in God’s Country

It's not "climate change" per se that arouses opposition from the heartland, but rather it is that these issues are stand-ins for and advanced by command and control methods wielded…
October 19, 2010

Dilemmas of conservatism: start with the labeling…

A new book provides profiles of seminal conservative thinkers. But Lord, please, please don't read them through the outdated narrative of traditional cons, neocons, and laissez-faire cons.
Jeremy Beer
October 15, 2010

Toward a Truly Free Market

I am not convinced that the Austrian School doesn't have the better argument, but the distributists bring a vital perspective and there is probably no better place to start hearing…
October 14, 2010

You Are an Extortionist …

David Brooks youtube-ized.
October 13, 2010

Got Raw Milk? Then You Are an Enemy of the State!

Here is a tragic example of the soft tyranny of bureaucratic goodie-goodies backed by corporate muscle in favor of closing markets.
October 12, 2010

Politicians are Boring

Michael Kinsley reviews a new collection of Daniel Patrick Moynihan's writings and concludes that today's politicians are boring boring boring.
October 12, 2010

The End of the Book?

Is the age of the book over?
Jeff Polet
October 10, 2010

Michael Pollan’s 36-Hour Dinner Party

Is there a connection between building something together and community?
Mark T. Mitchell
October 7, 2010

The Sustainability Stampede

The diversity club ran its course, and has been replaced with "second-wave environmentalism," a.k.a. our culprit, sustainability.
October 5, 2010

The New First Principles

A familiar web journal gets a new look and new mission.
October 4, 2010

The Greatest Nation on Earth?

You'll never guess what nation David B. Hart thinks qualifies for this title.
Mark T. Mitchell
September 24, 2010

“Conservatism on Tap”

I was the featured speaker at September's Washington D.C. "Conservatism on Tap." My topic: "Is There a Conservative Tradition in America?" I'll post my talk here soon. Stay tuned.
Patrick Deneen
September 21, 2010

Our State Fair is the Best State Fair

My good friend and sturdy Kansas patriot Tony Woodlief writes about the best State Fair around in today's Wall Street Journal.
September 10, 2010

FPR in the Flesh

We hope to connect FPR readers with one another (and with some of our authors) sans pixels or gigabytes.
Mark T. Mitchell
September 7, 2010

In NYC

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…
September 1, 2010

Allan Bloom and Homogenizing Nature

What is the purpose of education?
August 31, 2010

Breaking News

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…
August 26, 2010