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Type of site | Blog |
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URL | http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/ |
Launched | 2009 |
Current status | Active |
Front Porch Republic is a localist and communitarian American blog where various contributors – known as 'porchers' – emphasize the importance of concepts such as community, place, decentralism, and conservation. Front Porch Republic publishes books under the name Front Porch Republic Books, an imprint of Wipf and Stock. [1] It also sponsors an annual conference and, beginning in 2019, publishes the journal Local Culture. [2]
Porchers have myriad opinions, but generally agree that centralization, atomization, and disregard for limits represent obstacles to human flourishing. [3]
Damon Linker describes Front Porch Republic in The Week:
As of December 2014 [update], the staff running the website were: [5]
President | Editor-in-Chief | Senior Editors |
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Mark Mitchell | Jeffrey Bilbro | Jeremy Beer |
Katherine Dalton | ||
Patrick Deneen | ||
James Matthew Wilson | ||
Jason Peters | ||
Jeffrey Polet |