Wilhelm Röpke FTW

Courtesy of fellow Hoosier Jeremy Beer, at Front Porch Republic, this TAC piece from Dermot Quinn on the most underrated economist ever.
An Aristotelian preference for balance and variety, a Burkean delight in the little platoons, a Chestertonian love of the local and the down-to-earth—that was Roepke.
This is all very well, you might say, but [...]

Place, Faith, and Political Philosophy, or How I Became a Distributist

My undergraduate program, the Program of Liberal Studies, requires a capstone senior essay for graduation. Long, long ago, in the 2005-2006 academic year, I composed mine on Distributism. I believe — hope, certainly — that I could write it better today than I did then; nonetheless, I’ve posted the introduction, which tells the story of [...]

Conservatism versus Capitalism: Eschewing “Creative Destruction”

From the forthcoming issue of The Terrapin Times (It’s about damn time we go to print again. *sigh*), my CPAC 2009-inspired op.-ed. on the tension between conservatism and capitalism.
Having submitted to morbid curiosity, I ventured to the Friday installment of CPAC 2009, hoping again to hear and to meet Ron Paul (Double-check!) [...]

The Catholic Capitulation: Blame the Leadership, Part II

At the heart of Catholic culture must be the parish. Here, members of the faithful, ideally, undergo instruction (The family, of course, ought to supplement this!), either, when possible, through the Catholic schools or, otherwise, through CCD programs. The should share in worship, in celebration, and in community. They should also be inspired — in [...]

“I mean, look around you. We live in a nation in terrible crisis.”

At Caelum et Terra, Daniel Nichols laments, well, the fall of America; I guess that’s as good a way of describing his post as any other. Please, read this.
I mean, look around you. We live in a nation in terrible crisis. We are mired in two wars against native insurgencies, historically a losing proposition. Evidence [...]

What about this guy?

Still ruminating over the Chuck Baldwin-versus-Bob Barr question, and of how I might go about choosing, and posting thoroughly about the question, I present, for now, my wish-I-could-be-sincere-but-am-only-joking endorsement: Average Joe Schriner.