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

An “Industrial” Farmer Challenges Michael Pollan

Mark T. Mitchell - August 4, 2009

Michael Pollan doesn't know what he's talking about and neither do the millions of his soft-handed readers. So says a farmer here. One wonders,...

Family Matters

Mark T. Mitchell - July 27, 2009

Kearneysville, WV. The debate, such as it is, between liberals and conservatives frequently centers on issues pertaining to that oldest of institutions, the family. ...

E.F. Schumacher on Buddhist Economics

Mark T. Mitchell - July 23, 2009

Here is Schumacher discussing Buddhist economics. He admits that he could have called it Christian economics, but then no one would have read it. H/T...

Of Games, Gadgets, and God

Mark T. Mitchell - July 20, 2009

Coeur d'Alene, ID. One evening our family and two cousins were playing Uno. It’s a simple game requiring nothing more than a deck of...

The Tacit Dimension of Shop Class

Mark T. Mitchell - July 16, 2009

Kearneysville, WV. Whenever I pick up a book dealing with ways of knowing, I invariably flip to the index to see if the author...

Sarah’s Palin’

Mark T. Mitchell - July 6, 2009

Kearneysville, WV. One of the stars in the Republican galaxy (notable today mostly for its lack of stars) pulled a surprise move last week...

Cultivating Gratitude

Mark T. Mitchell - June 15, 2009

Blairsville, GA. Recently I was with a friend whose oldest son, having just completed his junior year, is home from college. The young man...

Corporate Capitalism and the Loss of Virtue

Mark T. Mitchell - June 3, 2009

Blairsville, GA. The corporation is a central part of our economy. In fact, some have argued that our economic system is accurately identified as...

GPS, Security, and Freedom

Mark T. Mitchell - May 20, 2009

Blairsville, GA. Recently my wife and I took a trip to New York City. To alleviate the trials of navigating an...

A Nation of Slaves?

Mark T. Mitchell - May 11, 2009

Difficult economic times force people to confront the problem of economic security. In fact, it’s easy to imagine that, in an ideal world, economic...

Pope John Paul II Defines Capitalism

Mark T. Mitchell - May 7, 2009

This is from Centesimus Annus. Here John Paul II reflects on two meanings of the word "capitalism." "Returning now to the initial question: can it...

Nation at the Crossroads

Mark T. Mitchell - May 4, 2009

RINGOES, NJ. The world is hunkered down. For some months now we have been holding our collective breath, waiting to see if the financial...