James Matthew Wilson
James Matthew Wilson is Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Augustinian Traditions at Villanova University.
Articles by James Matthew Wilson
Sonnets of Deracination
Devon, PA. Measure: A Review of Formal Poetry has been one of the few consistently good poetry journals since it began publication in 2006, and is one of the great…
The Insidious Logic of Liberalism
Tucson, AZ. This Arizona Daily Star paragraph greeted me as I began the annual family vacation in Tucson. Rather than offering full commentary, I shall just provide the offending remark along…
Formal Augustinian Revenges
Devon, PA. A few years ago, Jason Peters swore Learical revenges on me for reprinting a poem of mine on the debauchery of Michigan State students. He could not understand…
An Open Letter to Karen Heller
Devon, PA. Cursed with a lousy city newspaper rife with good coupons, I sat down with my coffee this morning to read Karen Heller's latest column, "What? Birth Control? Again?" …
Dark Places and Dappled Things
Devon, PA. The Catholic magazine of arts and letters, Dappled Things, is no stranger to the writers of FPR, having published a debate on the free market between John Médaille and…
“Even mainstream Democrats have no time for Mr. Paul . . .”
Devon, PA. We face only two feasible policies in America's engagement with the world. We can seek to be a bomb-throwing hegemon until the money, and the credit, and the bodies, run…
Catholic Universities, Protestant Ministries, and the Purpose of Education
Devon, PA. Last week, Villanova University's Office of Mission and Ministry invited several faculty members to speak about the contributions of their religious faith traditions to the life and mission…
FPR at Notre Dame This Week
Devon, PA. As I announced some months back, Front Porch Republic will return to the University of Notre Dame this week to participate in the Center for Ethics and Culture's…
Catholic Teaching and Global Political Authority
Devon, PA. Peter Haworth has rightly drawn our attention to the new Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace document, "Towards Reforming the International Financial and Monetary Systems in the Context…
Nihilism or Idolatry
Devon, PA. The latest issue of the Intercollegiate Review is out, including my review of All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age. This…
Citizenship, Localism, and Catholicism
Devon, PA. For months now, I have been sitting on an incomplete draft of a series of essays on "Localism and the Universal Church," wherein I seek to show that…
Place. Limits. Grottos. FPR at Notre Dame
Devon, PA. I am pleased to report that FPR will once again hold a roundtable discussion at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture's 2011 Conference ,which runs 10-12…