Asides

November 3, 2015

Bk IV, ch. 3: But let us suppose a case of two men; for each individual man, like one letter…

October 26, 2015

FPR gets a mention over in this Jacobin article by Lyle Jeremy Rubin, a PhD candidate at Rochester. He notices two things…

October 22, 2015

Our friends at the American Conservative are having a conference in a few weeks in DC, about a new, less hawkish…

October 14, 2015

“And children seem to be a bond of union.” Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics Moved by these words of Aristotle, I write…

October 9, 2015

An interesting article on why local investing is not just good, but smart: As the movement for socially responsible investing…

October 7, 2015

“Surely he should keep a remembrance of their former intimacy…” Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics Sometimes it feels like Aristotle foresaw all…

September 30, 2015

If leisure is the basis of culture, it must first be the basis of home life. So I argue over…

September 23, 2015

Here is the program for the upcoming FPR conference in Geneseo, NY on October 3. If you have not already…

September 22, 2015

In a recent broadside against the teachings of what Damon Linker correctly notes today as the world's "politically inconvenient pontiff,"…

September 21, 2015

FRONT PORCH REPUBLIC CONFERENCE COMES TO SUNY GENESEO OCTOBER 3 “Sustainable Localism: Sages, Prophets, and Jesters,” the fifth annual Front…

September 16, 2015

“Men whose justice is straight know neither hunger nor ruin, but amid feasts enjoy the yield of their labors.” Hesiod,…

September 10, 2015

“Fleecy sheep are weighed down with wool, and women bear children who resemble their fathers.” Hesiod, Works and Days In…