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  • June 5, 2014
    This article examines how local farms are expanding their business to serve local institutions, mainly schools. Meanwhile, this piece describes…
  • June 5, 2014
    On John Milius, writer-director-surfer-anarchist, from The American Conservative.
  • June 3, 2014
    This article outlines some efforts in Britain to involve local communities in the upkeep of unused land. Meanwhile, this article…
  • May 30, 2014
    Holy Family Radio in Grand Rapids, Michigan, recently aired John Pinheiro's interview with me on his weekly program, Faith and…
  • May 29, 2014
    This article on the Amazon-Hachette contract dispute illustrates some problems with having nearly all book sales in the hands of one…
  • May 28, 2014
    “It is for you to try to be like them.” Pericles’ Funeral Oration I have to admit a problem that…
  • May 28, 2014
    This piece describes the alienating aspects of technology. Meanwhile, the author of this ambitious article would have the seven-day week…
  • May 27, 2014
    The Academy of Philosophy and Letters will be holding its annual conference on the topic "Civil Religion and American Self-Understanding"…
  • May 23, 2014
    William Schambra has a piece at Philanthropy Daily that describes the coming showdown between two competing conceptions of philanthropic giving.…
  • May 22, 2014
    In political news, Congress continues its attempt to restrict NSA bulk data collection. At the same time, this article describes…
  • May 22, 2014
    A most interesting piece over at The Atlantic wherein a world-class chef discusses his epiphany concerning the interrelatedness of flavor, sustainable…
  • May 21, 2014
    In The American Conservative, Ralph Nader, paladin of the American anti-monopolist tradition, revives the great distributist-agrarian project of the 1930s.