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

Fences, Vines, Bees, and Huge Chickens

Mark T. Mitchell - June 22, 2014

Hidden Springs Lane. We’re building fence this summer. I purchased 150 eight foot posts and we’ve been slowly planting them. We’re putting a paddock...

Your Computer (and everything connected to it) is Broken

Mark T. Mitchell - June 12, 2014

Read this just before your shut your computer down for good. Here's a taste: Once upon a time, a friend of mine accidentally took over...

FPR Conference: Get Your Ticket Now

Mark T. Mitchell - June 11, 2014

The fourth annual Front Porch Republic conference will examine ways to promote a more comprehensive localist vision that both learns from and goes beyond...

On the Nightstand

Mark T. Mitchell - June 6, 2014

Two books right now, one fiction and one non-fiction. First, the fiction: Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh. I re-read this one (revisit it?) every...

Philanthrolocalism vs. Effective Altruism

Mark T. Mitchell - May 23, 2014

William Schambra has a piece at Philanthropy Daily that describes the coming showdown between two competing conceptions of philanthropic giving. Here's a taste: Community-embeddedness versus...

Soylent: It’s What’s for Dinner (and Lunch and Breakfast)

Mark T. Mitchell - May 23, 2014

Hidden Springs Lane. What if you never had to worry about food again? Possible answers: 1) Wow! Think of all the time I can...

Ron Paul on The Future of Freedom

Mark T. Mitchell - May 5, 2014

Here is a video of a talk Ron Paul recently delivered at a program sponsored by The Independent Institute. Paul sees signs of a...

Death and Life in the Country

Mark T. Mitchell - May 1, 2014

Hidden Springs Lane. There is something especially sad about opening up a hive full of dead bees. Several weeks ago I wrote about my...

FPR Conference: Save the Date!

Mark T. Mitchell - April 25, 2014

The 2014 FPR conference will on September 27 in Louisville, KY. Wendell Berry will deliver the keynote address. More details to come, but this...

How Equality Makes Us Better (and Stupid)

Mark T. Mitchell - April 21, 2014

Hidden Springs Lane. The concept of equality lies at the heart of the American system. School children learn by heart (or used to) those...

Equality and the Culture of Perpetual Offense

Mark T. Mitchell - April 6, 2014

Hidden Springs Lane. Rod Dreher has recently been pointing out (for example here) the various ways that those who voice public opposition to certain...

More on Distributism

Mark T. Mitchell - April 5, 2014

This week in The Week, Michael Brendan Dougherty has a piece titled "The Conservative Case Against Capitalism." Relying on Belloc's An Essay on the...