Monday, September 30, 2019

The Localist Theory of Charles Marohn's Wonderfully Practical Strong Towns

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[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic ] This past weekend, I took a group of students up to the annual Prairie Festival at The Land Insti...

Listening to Macca #9: Flaming Pie, Etc.

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This month is the Paul McCartney of the mid- to late-1990s, Macca moving through his fifth decade, Sir Paul reuniting (sort of) with George ...
Sunday, September 15, 2019

A Socialist on the Porch

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[Cross-posted to DSA's Religious Socialism blog] There wasn't a prayer at the beginning of the Front Porch Republic's recent ...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Some Notes on the First Mayoral Debate

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[Cross-posted to Wichita Story ] The story of Tuesday night's debate is one of offense and defense. For better or worse, Mayor Jeff Lo...
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Climate Change, Dirty Hands, and the Grace (and Hope) of Limits

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[Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic ] Paul Schrader, the famed screenwriter and director, does not make subtle films. His latest movie, ...
Saturday, August 31, 2019

Listening to Macca #8: Flowers in the Dirt, Off the Ground, and Much, Much More

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This month, I had to admit to myself that one of the things I'm doing with this series is spinning a narrative about Paul McCartney'...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Why the Partisanship of Wichita's Mayoral Race is a Good Thing

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[ Cross-posted to Wichita Story ] Four years ago, as Jeff Longwell ran against Sam Williams in the 2015 mayoral race, I mourned that the p...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

26th on the 13th

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26 years married, 13 years in Wichita, all beginning on August 13, 1993, and August 13 (or pretty close to that), 2006. I like the look of t...
Monday, August 12, 2019

Local Socialism and Civil Society

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[Cross-posted to DSA's Religious Socialism blog ; parts of this post were previous published here .] When The New Republic ran its pa...
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