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I’ve caught a lot of lucky breaks (or unmerited graces) in my life. For instance, I had two superb editors at Henry Holt, which in 2003 published Dispatches from the…

Matthew Crawford, about whom we have talked a good deal before here at Front Porch Republic, is back with a new book. Like so many other wise observers of our…

“In the first place, thanks to those who work it, the land bears not only the means for people to live, but also bears the means for them to live…

Please join us for a Family in America Capitol Hill Symposium, cosponsored with the Front Porch Republic, a panel discussion of the topic: “Rediscovering the Home Economy” Friday, March 27,…

I have a long piece up at TheDC, more words than you probably wanted to read on the New Republic's cover story on Pope Francis, but it touches on certain…

I have never thought much about the death of trees. Until today. I have thought about the death of farm animals, since I kill with my own hands the pigs…

The mayor of Ithaca NY seems to have a good understanding of how to move cities in the right sorts of directions.

If it's your thing -- and it's certainly not everybody's thing -- it's not a bad time to be an apocalypticist. A few weeks ago, Pope Francis once again implored…

From Reason, the excellent Jesse Walker locates American Sniper within a semi-nativist (if sometimes anti-native) American antiwar tradition. For what it's worth, I found it a powerful film, and not…

Here's Jack Ross over at the Mitrailleuse: The taxonomy by which the DC establishment made sense of the Democratic victory that year [2006] on the strength of antiwar sentiment was…

From The American Conservative, the art of Alexander O. Levy, who painted the street where he lived.

Here in the Air Capital of the World, the Wichita City Council, in response to the second attempt by dozens of local volunteers to gather thousands of signatures in less…

Those of you reading Jason Peters' fine article on "liberal" miseducation may also want to take a look at this one.

My review of 'American Sniper' is up at TAC: The New York Times review of “Lawrence of Arabia” from 1962 complains that we don’t really get to know the titular character, a fault…

Philadelphia, PA R. J. Snell A slow thinker and slower writer—some might say the reverse—I’ve been chewing over the Christmas season for the past few days, a remembrance of things…

Pete Davis made his debut on this blog this week, with an essay on the poisonous politics of The West Wing. But he's not just a writer or community reformer. Today he has…

Stephen Heiner writes about about why he didn't participate in the Paris march. http://theamericaninparis.com/2015/01/10/je-ne-suis-pas-charlie-why-im-not-marching-in-paris-tomorrow/

[Cross-posted to In Medias Res] Would I read Charlie Hebdo? (Assuming I could read French, that is.) Would I want anyone in my family to read it? Would I want…

Dear Readers, With the end of the year soon upon us, it is time once again to think about making a tax-deductible gift to FPR. Your donations are used to…

On Friday, Caleb Stegall--lawyer, farmer, family man, rabble-rouser, and long-time Front Porcher--was appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court by Governor Sam Brownback. The criticisms of Stegall's appointment are many--he's been…

Her breasts are too good for the local market.

“So if one doesn’t know how to make use of it, Critobulus, then money must be kept at such a distance that it isn’t even included among one’s assets.” Socrates,…

Hidden Springs Lane. It’s raining. Yesterday we were told to expect 4-8 inches of snow. I was looking forward to the snow. Getting a good snow for Thanksgiving somehow seemed…

I am ambivalent about Thanksgiving. Giving thanks is not a problem though I am sure I could show more gratitude especially when stuck behind some driver in the passing lane…