Mark T. Mitchell

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

Liberal Culture?

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The word “culture” readily falls from our lips, but what appears on first glance to be a clear-cut notion becomes much more complex as...

Culture War No More

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In recent decades we have heard much of the so-called “culture wars.” For many, the idiom of war has come to dominate their thinking...

Register Now for FPR’s Fall Conference in Holland, MI

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Registration is now open for our Second Annual Conference to be held on September 15. This time we will be in Holland, MI on...

Prisoners Pedal to Produce Power

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Meanwhile, an article from Tree Hugger: Brazil's Santa Rita do Sapucaí prison, following the suggestion of a local judge, recently installed electricity-generating stationary bikes as...

The 10,000 Mile Diet vs. the Locavores

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The Atlantic has an on-line piece debating the virtues of the locavore movement. An economist named Pierre Desrochers is promoting his book titled The...

Gays Acting Badly in the White House: A Comparative Study

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Recently I read Up From Slavery, the autobiography of Booker T. Washington. It is an inspiring story of hard work, perseverance, and clear vision....

An Alternative to Sprawl

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According to an article in The New York Times, many Americans are tiring of the lifestyle associated with sprawl and, finally, developers are responding....

The Unmaking and Making of Community

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The following is a talk given at the annual conference of The Academy of Philosophy and Letters on June 16, 2012 in Baltimore, MD. In...

Flipping the Woolly Bugger

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Finding myself 2000 miles from Montana but with a couple of boys who want to go fishing, we ventured into the brown waters of...

The Hunger Games: Kids Killing Kids

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Spring grades are in, so it’s time for a bit of fiction. And since I’ve been hearing plenty of buzz about The Hunger Games...

A Congressman for our Time (and Place)

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See Rod Dreher's interview of Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), one of the few Congressmen who would feel right at home on the porch. Here's...

Multiply Your Associations and be Free

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My review of Robert Nisbet's classic The Quest for Community was just published at the On-Line Library of Law and Liberty, whose stated purpose...
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