My Own Little Corner of the Right
Rome, Kentucky. This week my dear Cousin Kate is otherwise occupied Marie Antoinetting around that patch of pigweed and thistle she calls her garden,...
No Angel: Second Thoughts on Sarah Palin
East Lansing, MI. Mark Mitchell's brief essay on Sarah Palin reminded me of a Treasonous Clerk installment I wrote back in November, contemplating the...
In Praise of States (and Why There Should be More of...
Wichita, KS
Over the July 4th weekend, we made a quick trip south to Dallas, and were blessed with a brief look at that particular...
Against Pets
The tractors came. The horses
Stood in the fields, keepsakes,
grew old, and died. Or were sold
as dogmeat. Our minds received
the revolution of engines, our will
stretched...
Transgression and the Packaging of Forbidden Knowledge: A Beggar’s Ball with...
Washington, CT. Brains as Brawn have gotten we exiles from the Garden of Eden into a lot of trouble over the years. Though capable...
Away We’ve Gone
Claremont, CA. When she is six months pregnant with their baby, Verona and her boyfriend Burt almost move to Montreal – because a couple...
The Peasantry of the Future
Irving, TX. In answer to the question, “What do the poor want?” Simone Weil replied “They want you to look at them.” I...
Sarah’s Palin’
Kearneysville, WV. One of the stars in the Republican galaxy (notable today mostly for its lack of stars) pulled a surprise move last week...
The Alternative Tradition in America
Alexandria, VA Since Caleb has posted his lecture from a legendary conference a few years ago that a number of future Front Porchers attended...
Broken Connections
"We live on the far side of a broken connection" Wendell Berry has written. One of the greatest obstacles resulting from our current circumstance...