The Problem of Undertheorized Agrarianism in Most Actually Argued Localism
That's a terrible title for this post, I know. But hopefully it'll make sense, if you actually make it to the end.
First of...
Mark Mitchell’s Politics of Gratitude (Theoretical and Otherwise)
To continue with the excellent discussion begun by R.J. Snell, Mark Mitchell's fine and thoughtful book is filled with important insights and challenges, which...
A Prophet of Goodness: Review of Mark T. Mitchell’s The Politics...
At my worst moments, I succumb to thinking that we have become utterly trite, absorbed by ephemera, thin of character, quick but scattered of...
From the Trinity Capital
Beyond the purple velvet drapes, the skeins of billowed gossamer, my hotel window looks down on the back gates of Trinity College. Up three floors and pierced by a late October sun, the room has been done up like a swinger’s pad, with leopard print and leather, with mirrors and conic shaded lights in orbit about the dark mass of the pillowed bed.
A Long Repentance: A Decade of Turning Away from (a Part...
Including “repentance” in this title might lead you to believe that it is a theological reflection of some kind. After all, repentance is a...
Ruthie Leming’s (and Rod Dreher’s) Little Way
Rod Dreher's 2006 manifesto, Crunchy Cons, was an inspiration (and provocation) to many, on both the left and the right. It wasn't that the...
Second-Hand Sex
Hillsdale, Michigan. Perhaps it is a function of having been reared by two alums of Bob Jones University -- where, let's be clear,...
Whither the Public Library?
Despite constant speculation about public libraries’ “relevan in the digital age,” and serious budget cuts caused by the recent recession, the American public library...
Piers Sits Ryan in the Corner
Ryan Anderson may be the most courageous person in America. Who would willingly place himself in the company of Piers Morgan and Suze Orman...
The Case for Getting Married Young
Hidden Springs Lane. A couple months before my wife and I were married, a friend ask me "why do you want to get married...