"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest."
Qoheleth 9:10
"The art of our necessities is strange, And can make vile things precious."
Lear, from Shakespeare's "King Lear"
My views cannot be reduced to a label. They are “political” in the broadest sense of the term. They spring out of a wide variety of traditions, including Christian humanism, classical liberalism, American (and Southern) traditionalism or conservatism, aestheticism, modernism, postmodernism, existentialism, pragmatism (esp. that of Peirce, William James, Holmes, Robert Frost, Santayana, Wallace Stevens, etc.), transcendentalism, methodological individualism, praxeology, Austrian economics, pluralism, polycentricism, Voluntaryism, Agorism, and more. A culture not founded upon arts, literature, and religion cannot stand. These are the “permanent things.”
Speaking
If you would like to hire me to speak to your organization, law firm, or community, please email me at [allenporte at yahoo dot com]. I speak on the following subjects:
Legal Writing
Law and Literature
Austrian Economics and Literature
The Jurisprudence of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Ghostwriting Services
I occasionally ghostwrite chapter or article length pieces. If you’re interested in hiring me to ghostwrite, please email me at allenporte at yahoo dot com. At present, I do not ghostwrite book-length manuscripts.
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