Life Under Compulsion
In 1940, when the Nazis attacked their supposed racial kinfolk in Norway and set up a puppet government under the odious Quisling, the novelist...
Take Me Home
This excerpt is taken from Eric Miller's new book: Glimpses of Another Land: Political Hopes, Spiritual Longings.
The Penn State University geographer Wilbur Zelinsky believes something...
Hospitality at a Fractured Table
“It sure is hard to have people over to dinner these days,” the food writer lamented, at a talk I attended the other week....
How to be a Localist Anywhere
Maybe your neighborhood doesn’t have front porches or sidewalks or a farmer’s market or anywhere to shop except Target. Maybe despite the supposed modern...
Town Fabric and Placemaking
This excerpt is the second in a three-part series from Eric Jacobsen’s book, The Space Between. Read Part I here.
Town Fabric and Placemaking
The built...
Senior Moment
If Virginia is for lovers (what an odd campaign that was), Michigan should be for duffers. I understand why some FroPo's may object to...
The View From Your Front Porch
Olathe, Kansas -- On Saturday I looked back from my front porch, my walk having been cut short by a soft rain. As you...
Against Rationalism, Idealism, and Abstraction
Part II in an ongoing series, Localism and the Universal Church. Read Part I here.
Where the traditionalist position I have sketched appears weakest is...
The Problem of Place
Part I in an ongoing series, Localism and the Universal Church.
Devon, PA. Several times during the last couple years, the FPR comment boxes have received...
America, One Minor League Ballpark at a Time
Being a report on a journey whereupon I dragged my wife to see seven minor league baseball games in seven days, as well as the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and including many other wonders seen on the road from Cleveland, Ohio, to Portland, Maine.