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Asides

  • July 9, 2013
    Here's a piece describing how some backyard chicken owners are sending their birds to the animal shelter. Despite visions of…
  • July 8, 2013
    Herewith links to three great tunes responding to America's wars: "Glad to Be Home" by Charles Smith and Jeff Cooper…
  • July 1, 2013
    Berwyn, PA.  Gerald Russello reflects on Russell Kirk's theory of the unwritten Constitutionone in a new essay published on the…
  • June 30, 2013
    Baseball, poetry, Frederick Exley, death.
  • June 28, 2013
    From Orion, my profile of Vermont filmmaker Jay Craven.
  • June 27, 2013
    Long time Georgetown University political theorist (and my mentor) George Carey passed away this week. The American Conservative has just…
  • June 27, 2013
    Justice Scalia’s dissents in the two same-sex “marriage” cases are worth reading. The first opinion addresses the idea of judicial…
  • June 25, 2013
    The great Ray Sawhill innerviews me for Uncouth Reflections.
  • June 25, 2013
    The Atlantic has a piece describing how the standards of the machine have wrongly been applied to human performances. It's…
  • June 21, 2013
    Front Porch Republic friend Thomas Gahr has just published Box-Shaped Heart (clever title), a novel based on an infamous instance…
  • June 20, 2013
    This year's conference will be held on September 20-21  on the campus of Pomona College in Claremont, CA. We will…
  • June 19, 2013
    Ah, flowery June, when brooks send up a cheerful tune. The Muckdogs won their home opener last night before the…