Three From Front Porch Republic

Calling for "acts of responsibility and care that are oriented toward the long-term preservation of the natural, social, and institutional goods we have inherited," Mark T. Mitchell suggests that "it’s time for conservatives to once again start thinking about conserving" — The Rebirth of Conservatism.

"Despite our best efforts to deracinate ourselves, our history is ringing out in living and recorded memory so clearly that we can’t possibly miss hearing it–if we will just take the stoppers out of our ears," says Katherine Dalton — Two Degrees of Separation.

Jason Peters says that "it can come as no surprise to anyone with Thoreau coursing through his veins that the discipline of walking turns out to be yet another thing that separates Walden’s sage from the mass of men who lead lives of quiet desperation" — A Saunter With Thoreau, Walker Errant.