Mark T. Mitchell is Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Government at Patrick Henry College. He is the author of several books including The Limits of Liberalism: Tradition, Individualism, and the Crisis of Freedom (Notre Dame), The Politics of Gratitude: Scale, Place, and Community in a Global Age (Potomac), and the forthcoming Power and Purity: The Unholy Marriage that Spawned America’s Social Justice Warriors (Regnery). He is the co-founder and president of Front Porch Republic.