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  • February 16, 2012
    Devon, PA.  A few years ago, Jason Peters swore Learical revenges on me for reprinting a poem of mine on…
  • February 16, 2012
    I was delighted to see that Thomas Mallon, a superb novelist whose subject is often American politics (my favorites are…
  • February 14, 2012
    Today is the 100th birthday of the fine State of Arizona, which almost entered the Union as "Arizona the Great."
  • February 10, 2012
    The indispensable Tony Esolen, invoking the themes of place, limits, and liberty with great eloquence.  
  • February 8, 2012
    Purcellville, VA. Our readers will be delighted to know that Mr. Wendell Berry has been named the 41st Jefferson Lecturer…
  • February 7, 2012
    FPR readers in Philadelphia should visit their new exhibit featuring several unusual Vincet Van Gogh nature paintings.
  • February 6, 2012
    Jesus without religion is like thinking without tradition.
  • February 3, 2012
    I had previously thought that Ground Hog Day was strictly a holiday for the residents of the virtuous commonwealth of…
  • February 3, 2012
    Devon, PA.  The Catholic magazine of arts and letters, Dappled Things, is no stranger to the writers of FPR, having…
  • January 31, 2012
    The Atlantic offers characteristics of conservatives. How does the Porch fit in?
  • January 31, 2012
    Today in New York City the oral arguments will be heard. You can read more here and here. On January…
  • January 27, 2012
    My friend Paul Buhle, the great historian of the American left, has edited, with his wife Mari Jo Buhle, It…