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A Plain Life
A Plain Life: Walking my Belief © 1998 Scott Savage 224 pages You have to be careful about working in a library. Sometimes books change your life. Scott Savage and his wife were both librarians whose environmental interests put them … Continue reading
Dispatches from the Muckdog Gazette
Dispatches from the Muckdog Gazette: A Mostly Affectionate Account of a Small Town’s Fight to Survive© 2003 Bill Kauffman206 pages Bill Kauffman, as a kid, went places. Starting from a little town in upstate New York, he journeyed as far … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged Bill Kauffman, localism, politics, Politics-CivicInterest
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Poetry Night at the Ballpark
Poetry Night at the Ballpark and Other Scenes from an Alternative America © 2015 Bill Kauffman 442 pages “Lift up your hearts, friends – America ain’t dead yet.” For thirty years, Bill Kauffman has been blowing raspberries at or haranguing … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged America, baseball, Bill Kauffman, essays, localism, politics, Politics-CivicInterest
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The Benedict Option
The Benedict Option © 2017 Rod Dreher 269 pages Christendom has fallen; long live Christendom. In The Benedict Option, Rob Dreher argues that the Christian church in the United States is at a crisis point and must now think … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Catholicism, Christianity, localism, monastics, Orthodoxy, praxis, religion, Rod Dreher
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Out of the Ashes
Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture© 2017 Anthony Esolen256 pages Some things, like a Roman bridge, can last for millennia through the virtue of their design, the simplicity of their use, and the inherent strength of their materials. Other … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews, Society and Culture
Tagged Anthony Esolen, Catholicism, Christianity, education, localism, marriage and family, Of Boys and Men, participation, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, sacramental living, social criticism, Society and Culture, subsidiarity
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Bye Bye Miss American Empire
Bye Bye Miss American Empire: Neighborhood Patriots, Backcountry Rebels, and Underdog Crusades to Redraw America’s Political Map© 2010 Bill Kauffman You say you want a devolution? \ Far beyond the city across the river, this country is pregnant with happy … Continue reading
America First
America First: Its History, Culture, and Politics© 1995 Bill Kauffman296 pages For slightly over a year prior to the attack at Pearl Harbor, there existed a civic organization of nearly a million people called the America First Committee. It dedicated … Continue reading
Big Box Swindle
Big Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America’s Independent Businesses© 2006 Stacy Mitchell336 pages What happened? Where did America go? ..everything’s Wal-Mart all the time, no more mom & pop five and dime.. (Merle Haggard, … Continue reading
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Tagged business, cities, civic activism, Distributism, localism, politics, Politics-CivicInterest
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Ain’t My America
Ain’t My America: The Long and Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle Class Antimperialism© 2008 Bill Kauffman304 pages “You can have your hometown, or you can have the empire. You can’t have both.” You don’t have to be a … Continue reading
Posted in history, Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged anti-war, Bill Kauffman, Front Porch Reading, history, localism, politics, Politics-CivicInterest
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