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  • August 12, 2014
    The fourth annual Front Porch Republic conference will be in Louisivlle on September 27. We will examine ways to promote…
  • August 7, 2014
    This article explains how parking policies price families out of cities. Meanwhile, this piece worries that baby apps may detract…
  • August 6, 2014
    “Nature like a good householder throws away nothing of which anything useful can be made.” Aristotle, On the Generation of…
  • August 5, 2014
    Apparently, it's Wendell Berry's 80th birthday today. In honor of that, here is an interview with him. Meanwhile, TIME speculates…
  • August 5, 2014
    [Cross-posted to In Medias Res] Today, Wendell Berry turns 80. There is much which could and perhaps should be said…
  • July 30, 2014
    “…and when anything needs doing it ought not to be left undone, whether it be day or night. There are…
  • July 29, 2014
    This piece argues that the state of religion in the U.S. can be partially explained through the decline in traditional Catholic…
  • July 25, 2014
    The M.F.A. program in Creative Writing at the University of Notre Dame has just published an interview with me as…
  • July 24, 2014
    This piece laments the loss of quiet in a technological age. Meanwhile, this article describes some approaches European cities are taking…
  • July 23, 2014
    “Seeing, then, that such care is lavished on the body’s food, surely every care should be taken on behalf of…
  • July 22, 2014
    This USDA press release outlines recent efforts to offer more support to the local food movement. Meanwhile, this piece explains…
  • July 18, 2014
    From The American Conservative, my remembrance of Robert D. Stuart Jr., whose family knew oatmeal.