Mark T. Mitchell

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Mark T. Mitchell is the co-founder of Front Porch Republic. He is the Dean of Academic Affairs at Patrick Henry College and the author of several books including Plutocratic Socialism, Power and Purity, The Limits of Liberalism, The Politics of Gratitude, and Localism in Mass Age: A Front Porch Republic Manifesto (co-editor).

Recent Essays

Thinking About Guns

Mark T. Mitchell - February 4, 2013

Hidden Springs Lane. Guns have been in the news a lot recently. The dialogue, such as it is, is dominated by voices that seem...

Human Scale Discussion in Louisville

Mark T. Mitchell - February 2, 2013

For those of you in the Louisville area, on February 7, the Mcconnell Center is hosting a discussion titled "reThink Big: Liberals, Conservatives, and...

Beyond Supply and Demand

Mark T. Mitchell - January 23, 2013

Here is the video of a talk I gave January 21 at Northwood University. The title: "Beyond Supply and Demand: The Moral Foundation of...

Rifles Get Bad Rap. Fists and Knives are the Problem

Mark T. Mitchell - January 16, 2013

Here's the FBI's Crime Statistics for 2011. In every state, more people were killed with hands, fists, and feet than with rifles. More were...

Mitchell Interview with “Coffee and Markets”

Mark T. Mitchell - January 16, 2013

Here is a recent podcast interview about my book The Politics of Gratitude: Scale, Place, and Community in a Global Age.

Where Will You Die?

Mark T. Mitchell - January 6, 2013

Hidden Spring Lane. “I plan on dying here.” The words came quite unbidden and surprised me. We were in the process of building a...

Where was God?

Mark T. Mitchell - December 24, 2012

Hidden Springs, VA. In the days following the horrific events in Newtown, a theological debate has arisen, a debate that goes well beyond theoretical...

NRA Proposes More Policemen

Mark T. Mitchell - December 21, 2012

In a speech today, NRA president Wayne LaPierre called for a new initiative to place policemen in every school in America. It's curious that...

The Founders on Taxation, Redistribution, and Property

Mark T. Mitchell - December 10, 2012

Hidden Springs Lane. As the Fiscal Cliff looms, as Red States and Blues States stand more divided than ever, as the gap between the...

Opportunity in the Ruins

Mark T. Mitchell - December 3, 2012

Hidden Springs Lane. The dust has hardly settled over the Great Campaign of 2012 and already the same people are arguing about The Fiscal...

The Next Conservatism (redux)

Mark T. Mitchell - November 28, 2012

Back in 2007, Republicans were smarting over a mid-term defeat. Paul Weyrich and Gary S. Lind offered an analysis that sounds like it could...

The Politics of Gratitude: Scale, Place and Community in a Global Age

Mark T. Mitchell - November 26, 2012

Here is an excerpt from my recently published book: The Politics of Gratitude: Scale, Place and Community in a Global Age. American politics is broken....