Andrew J. Harvey

Andrew Harvey is a professor of English at Grove City College.

Articles by Andrew J. Harvey

Get Rich! Become a Farmer.

This “summer of Hell,” to borrow Peters’ phrase, has had me in too many hospital/doctor waiting rooms. But as I was recently counting up co-pays and deductibles in my head…
July 23, 2011

How Bonds Really Did It

With the Barry Bonds’s trial ending with a slap on the wrist for the lesser charge against him and a mistrial on the greater charges, it is time to divulge…
April 19, 2011

Baseball: Official Sport of the Front Porch Republic?

“Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball” –Jacques Barzun Grove City, PA. Opening Day, 2011 Dutifully following the links provided by FPR’s editors, I…
April 4, 2011

Glenn Beck Meets Front Porch Linguistics

– for instance, the supposed proper uses of “further” and “farther.” This pedantic type borders on the obsessive/compulsive and tends toward becoming 8th grade English teachers, librarians, or NFL assistant…
January 27, 2011

Christian Burial

In the ancient world, Christianity put an end to cremation, and for a century it was kept in check by Christian tradition.
December 24, 2010

Against Cremation

One way to celebrate a culture of life is to cultivate our bodies in death.
December 17, 2010