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

Steven Pinker: The Internet Keeps us Smart

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The New York Times offers  this piece by Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, who argues that, contrary to the skeptics, wringing our hands about new...

The Internet Makes us Stoopid

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New studies show that the cognitive effects of the internet are real and lead to, like, shallow thinking n stuff as well as, wait a sec, there's a butterfly....

Roger Scruton on Wine

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I Drink, Therefore I am; A Philosopher's Guide to Wine. A review.

Academy of Philosophy and Letters Annual Meeting

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Creeping Tyranny: From Constitutionalism to Arbitrary Power

Ingratitude and the Death of Freedom

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The hubris of ingratitude is a caustic acid that reduces all in its wake to the fetid condition of servitude, for a spoiled child needs nothing so much as a master.

Will Allen and Urban Farming

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Bringing sustainable food growing practices to the urban poor.

Can Local and Organic Feed the World?

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Is organic food merely a luxury item for the self-satisfied and affluent west?

Wii Scouts

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The technological fun house that is the modern home makes the great outdoors pale by comparison, if, that is, the expectation is immediate and constant bursts of electronic stimulation.

PowerPoint Makes us Stupid

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Military use of PowerPoint confuses even as it simplifies.

The Neighborly Arts

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The neighborly arts begin at home, extend outward in service to others, and return in the form of gratitude, friendships, and commitments born of practical skills shared and received.

Tom Coburn Vilified

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Coburn calls Nancy Pelosi a "nice lady" and earns the ire of conservatives.

What Does YouTube Mean?

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Is the medium the entire message?
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