Josiah Duran

Josiah Duran
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Recent Essays

Localist Roundup: Berry and Francis

This interesting piece explains that small government conservatives (the author mainly has libertarians in mind, it seems) cannot work together with neocons. Meanwhile, Wendell Berry...

Localist Roundup: The Cloak

This piece from The Economist attempts to argue that narcissism can be good. Meanwhile, this piece asks whether rural America is a thing of the...

Localist Roundup: Societal Collapse

This piece offers some interesting data about the proclivities of young adults. Apparently, there are tendencies away from religious affiliation, political identification, and early...

Localist Roundup: Texting and Parenting

Pope Francis has recently been invited to address the U.S. Congress, according to this piece. Meanwhile this piece has a pessimistic projection of the...

Localist Roundup: Lent Selfies

The news has been abuzz recently with the story of a teen suing her parents to pay for her education. Meanwhile, this piece discusses the...

Localist Roundup: More Drones

The Food and Drug Administration has recently unveiled plans to revamp the nutrition labels on packaged food, as explained in this piece. Also, according...

Localist Roundup: Escape from Google

This piece is an interesting interview about the importance of philosophy. The interviewee appears primarily concerned with the idea that philosophy is obsolete--she contends...

Localist Roundup: Trains and Drones and Farms

According to a recent study, loneliness is actually a cause of death. On a less macabre note, this article discusses the implications of local news agencies...

Localist Roundup: Bankers Are Miserable

This piece describes a new line of hotels designed with millennials in mind. It's interesting to see what the company sees as the preferences...

Localist Roundup: Politics and Farms

Now that the congressional drama regarding the farm bill is over, this piece offers some less-than-optimistic thoughts on the process and results. According to this...

Localist Roundup: Amazon’s Empire

Apparently, physical activity combats depression. It's nice that we have studies to tell us these things. Meanwhile, this piece describes the downfall of corporeal toys. And...

Localist Roundup: Super Bowl

Apparently, small-scale chicken farms in Utah have been shut down by meat inspectors recently. The reason appears to be that multiple farms shared a...