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New Symposium on Distributism

Porch readers will be interested in the new online symposium on distributism that is now on ANAMNESIS, A Journal for the Study of Tradition,...

Occupy Food! (And Other Simple Things)

As Christmas and the end of 2011 approaches, I find myself thinking gratefully about what Leroy Hershberger has enabled my students and me to...

BOOMer Goes the Dynamite

Walter Russell Mead takes on the Baby Boomers.

George F. Will and the Decline of the Tory

Wichita, KS I don't know how many people in the conservative public sphere read George F. Will closely any longer--maybe lots of them...

The Dangers of Professional Philanthropy

Maybe you are the kind of donor who supports nonprofits in your community. Like many Americans, you give or tithe through your church or...

FPR Conference Program

You won't want to miss this. Register here. Session 1: Mobility and the Crisis of Community Patrick Deneen: The Liberal Self and Mobility Allan Carlson: Why the...

Easter and Economics

Robert T. Miller and I discuss two opposed views of Catholic Social Teaching as it relates to economics in this month's issue of Dappled...

FPR Conference on Sept. 24: Questions of Scale

Dear friends of FPR, Please join us at the inaugural Front Porch Republic conference on Saturday, September 24, at Mount St....

Making Hookups Happen

Enterprising students at the University of Chicago have managed to combine two of the central interests of the contemporary student: casual sex and facebook....

Whom You Have Sex With is My Business

BYU’s suspension of forward Brandon Davies for having sex with his girlfriend has divided the sports blogosphere between those who applaud the University for...