- December 11, 2013Ischomachus’ wife: “My mother told me that my job was to be responsible.” Ischomachus: “Yes, my dear, of course, my…
- December 10, 2013Do Porchers travel? Well, if they do, they can hardly do better than to come to West Michigan - God's…
- December 10, 2013After six years absence, I have just published a review essay in the great Contemporary Poetry Review, one of the first…
- December 10, 2013As most everyone has heard by now, the renown South African activist and politician Nelson Mandela died last week. This…
- December 9, 2013Superb essay by Dana Gioia--keynote speaker at September's Front Porch Republic conference--on the Catholic writer in America today.
- December 5, 2013In a follow-up to a previous Localist Roundup, a petition has appeared on the White House Petition website urging that…
- December 4, 2013“There are others too…that pretend to be pleasures, such as gambling and pointless parties; as time goes on, it becomes…
- December 3, 2013I am reading through James Ronda's Lewis and Clark Among the Indians (first published in 1984) and was reminded of…
- December 3, 2013Apparently, some people are pushing something like a local business version of Black Friday. Of course, it's a different day--the…
- December 1, 2013In a small attempt to connect political theory to actual power, last week I sent messages to some GOP members…
- November 29, 2013On the basis of this story out of Morland, KS (population 150, or thereabouts), the answer seems to me: community…
- November 27, 2013Happy Thanksgiving! In keeping with tradition, President Obama has pardoned a Thanksgiving turkey. Although, given the fact that the runner-up…
