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

Register Now or Git off the Porch!

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Actually, feel free to stay in your rocking chair, but if you plan to attend the conference on Saturday, please register here. This will...

Symposium on Place and FPR’s Role in the “New Right.”

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The spring issue of The New Atlantis features a symposium on place. Check it out. Of special interest is a piece by Brian Brown...

FPR Conference Program

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You won't want to miss this. Register here. Session 1: Mobility and the Crisis of Community Patrick Deneen: The Liberal Self and Mobility Allan Carlson: Why the...

Keeping you Safe from Homemade Ice Cream

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A story from the Chicago Tribune tells of an enterprising mother named Kris Swanberg, who runs a wildly successful ice cream business. Of course,...

FPR Conference. Register Now!

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FPR's first annual conference will be held at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, MD on September, 24, 2011. The conference title is "Human...

Alito: The Court’s True Conservative

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In a recent piece in The Weekly Standard, Adam J. White argues that Samuel Alito is a Burkean conservative. By looking at Alito's reasoning...

The Computer Made Me Do It

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The habit of questioning, of civil debate, of negotiating, and compromise are the habits necessary for a thriving democracy.

Access to the Internet is a Human Right

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Dumbing down of the concept of rights is not simply incoherent. It is pernicious.

Save Nick’s Organic Farm

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A farm in Montgomery County, MD may be shut down to build soccer fields. Will the community defend the farm? Nick Maravell has farmed the...

The Beauty of Tolkien’s Quest

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Tolkien understands the deepest of our longings and makes us understand them better than before.

Academy of Philosophy and Letters Annual Conference

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Mark you calendars! The Academy of Philosophy and Letters will hold its annual conference in Baltimore, MD from June 10-12. Check out the program...

Attributes of the Gentleman or Mr. Darcy’s Rules of Engagement

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Even in a democratic age, where social classes are fluid and poorly demarcated, the gentleman is characterized by these five attributes.
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