Rachel Blum Spencer

Rachel Blum Spencer
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Recent Essays

$6,500 Goes a Long Way

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McDowell County in North Carolina suffered an unemployment rate of 14.8% in 2009 (over 4% higher than the national rate). At a loss with...

Harry Potter and Running from Death

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Our hero, Harry, demonstrates an attitude towards death that very few of us actually hold.

Summer Opportunity from the Rockford Institute

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Read through this announcement by FPR contributor Stephen Heiner: Dear Fellow Front Porchers I wanted to invite you to an event which will be occurring in...

Meet a Folksinger

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I recently received a song from Front Porch Republic reader Michael Johnathon. Michael is a Kentucky based folksinger, songwriter and host of the national...

Extra, extra!

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I grew up reading newspapers that serviced large metropolitan areas--the Denver Post and Tulsa World. Strangely, it was only after moving to a suburb of Washington,...

Diet, meet Butter

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What did Grandma really eat?

I have my own money, thank you.

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How New England can change the world?

Pay Attention to Appearances

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See an FPR author in a venue near you.

The Sustainability Stampede

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The diversity club ran its course, and has been replaced with "second-wave environmentalism," a.k.a. our culprit, sustainability.

Food: The Cornerstone of Christian Credibility

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This spring, Joel Salatin spoke at Patrick Henry College on "Food: The Cornerstone of Christian Credibility." I'm happy to be able to make an...

Keep the Family, Can the Blog

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For several years now, anyone tech-savvy enough to navigate blogspot or xanga has been able to  share their thoughts with the internet world through...

Distracted Achievement Gap

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The problem is that public schools inherit children who are "overentertained and distracted."
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