Mark T. Mitchell
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Mark T. Mitchell is the co-founder of Front Porch Republic. He is the Dean of Academic Affairs at Patrick Henry College and the author of several books including Plutocratic Socialism, Power and Purity, The Limits of Liberalism, The Politics of Gratitude, and Localism in Mass Age: A Front Porch Republic Manifesto (co-editor).
Articles by Mark T. Mitchell
Thinking About Guns
Hidden Springs Lane. Guns have been in the news a lot recently. The dialogue, such as it is, is dominated by voices that seem ill disposed to consider the legitimacy…
Human Scale Discussion in Louisville
For those of you in the Louisville area, on February 7, the Mcconnell Center is hosting a discussion titled "reThink Big: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Search for Humane Scale." Here's…
Beyond Supply and Demand
Here is the video of a talk I gave January 21 at Northwood University. The title: "Beyond Supply and Demand: The Moral Foundation of the Free Market."
Rifles Get Bad Rap. Fists and Knives are the Problem
Here's the FBI's Crime Statistics for 2011. In every state, more people were killed with hands, fists, and feet than with rifles. More were killed with knives than with rifles.…
Mitchell Interview with “Coffee and Markets”
Here is a recent podcast interview about my book The Politics of Gratitude: Scale, Place, and Community in a Global Age.
Where Will You Die?
Hidden Spring Lane. “I plan on dying here.” The words came quite unbidden and surprised me. We were in the process of building a house on a few acres in…
Where was God?
Hidden Springs, VA. In the days following the horrific events in Newtown, a theological debate has arisen, a debate that goes well beyond theoretical musings and gets to the heart…
NRA Proposes More Policemen
In a speech today, NRA president Wayne LaPierre called for a new initiative to place policemen in every school in America. It's curious that in attempting to defend one right,…
The Founders on Taxation, Redistribution, and Property
Hidden Springs Lane. As the Fiscal Cliff looms, as Red States and Blues States stand more divided than ever, as the gap between the wealthiest Americans and the rest continues…
Opportunity in the Ruins
Hidden Springs Lane. The dust has hardly settled over the Great Campaign of 2012 and already the same people are arguing about The Fiscal Cliff. In other words, after suffering…
The Next Conservatism (redux)
Back in 2007, Republicans were smarting over a mid-term defeat. Paul Weyrich and Gary S. Lind offered an analysis that sounds like it could have been written today: The only…
The Politics of Gratitude: Scale, Place and Community in a Global Age
Here is an excerpt from my recently published book: The Politics of Gratitude: Scale, Place and Community in a Global Age. American politics is broken. One of the few things…