Technological Failures, New Localism, and More
Each week, I’ll try to post links to recent essays and stories that might interest Porchers. If you have additional essays to recommend, please...
New Book on Wendell Berry and Higher Ed
Front Porchers Jeff Bilbro and Jack Baker---the two JBs of Spring Arbor University---have just brought out Wendell Berry and Higher Education: Cultivating Virtues of...
A Rebirth of Midwestern Regionalism
My review of an important new book by the midwestern historian, Jon K. Lauck, appears in the new issue of National Review. I'll have more...
Sitting on the Porch
“I cannot separate it from the porch where it occurs. The action and the space are indivisible. The action is supported by this...
Living These Relationships, Every Day
"Therefore, it is clear that the care of the household concerns human beings more than material property..."
Aristotle, Politics
"Here Aristotle infers that the chief aim...
VoegelinView: Call for Papers
VoegelinView (https://voegelinview.com/) is an interdisciplinary and international website dedicated to the thought of Eric Voegelin as well as to political philosophy as public commentary that...
Making a Castle, This Time of Year
"At this time of the year--the Christmas and New Year time--I am seldom out of my Castle. For the associations of the season seem...
So Long, Leonard Cohen
One of the pleasures of living near the Canadian border is Canuck radio, which due to local content regulations (the good protectionism) plays a...
This is Our Story
“For the man that is truly good and wise, we think, bears all the chances of life becomingly and always makes the best of...