20 April AD 2024

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WEDNESDAY MORNING GOD & CAESAR EDITION

An Appeal to Catholic Democrats – Leila, Little Catholic Bubble

Will Durant on Natural Disasters – Winston Elliott III, The Imaginative Conservative

Why I Wrote The Catholic Tide Continues To Turn – Dave Hartline, The American Catholic

A Restrained Case For Romney – Pete Spiliakos, PoMoCon

Sex Is Cheap – Mark Regnerus, Slate

Suicide the “New Norm” for Dying? – Wesley Smith, NRO

Why I Lost Faith in the Pro-Choice Movement – Jennifer Fulwiler, NCR

Romney and Abortion – David Kincaide, The Constructive Curmudgeon

Campaign 2012: What Voting Means – George Weigel, On the Square

Obama’s Historical Illiteracy – Brian Domitrovic, The Imaginative Conservative

The Apologetics of Transcendence – Thomas Martin Cothran, On the Square

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TUESDAY MID-DAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION

The Banality of Bailouts – Todd Zywicki, Liberty Law Blog

Intellectuals and Buyer Remorse: Pundits Ditch Obama – Via Meadia

The race card never gets old – Neo-Neocon

The Popular Vote and Presidential Legitimacy – Jonathan Adler, Volokh

Physician-Assisted Suicide in Massachusetts – Michael Moreland, Mirror of Justice

More on Global Warming  – Michael Greve, Liberty Law Blog

The Storm over the New Family Structures Study – Matthew Franck, Public Discourse

Good and Bad at the UN – Mark Movsesian, First Thoughts

Numbers Look Grim for President Obama – Paul Zummo, The American Catholic

Free Speech on Campus & ‘Unlearning Liberty’ – Greg Lukianoff, Volokh

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Friedman on Being “Pro-life” – Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice

Firing (or Threatening to Fire) Employee Based on His Vote – Eugene Volokh, Volokh

On Reading Philip Rieff – Robert Woods, Christian Humanist

Nature and Nature’s God – Via Meadia

Catholics Can’t Comply with the HHS Mandate – Michael Gorman, On the Square

Real Leaders Don’t Promote Dependency – Aryeh Spero, American Thinker

Another response to Friedman – Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice

What will Become of the Middle East’s Christians? – Andrew Doran, On the Square

What is Reason? How Did it Arise?  – Maverick Philosopher

Black Chicagoans rage against the Obama – Anne Sorock, Legal Insurrection

Rahm Emanuel’s Brother Deconstructs Euthanasia – Matthew Cantirino, First Thoughts

A Matter of Honor – Donald McClarey, American Catholic

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MONDAY MORNING GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Why Mourdock Was Right – Christopher Tollefson, Public Discourse

Allan Bloom and Souls Without Longing – Peter Lawler, Imaginative Conservative

The Lexicon of Pussyfooting – R.R. Reno, On the Square

Limits and Conscientious Consumption – David Walber, Front Porch Republic

George Washington’s Republicanism – W.B. Allen, Liberty Law Blog

The Third Coast – Joel Kotkin, City Journal

A Guide to Reading Ghost Stories – Robert Woods, Christian Humanist

Women, the Family, and Social Institutions – Fox-Genovese, Imaginative Conservative

Classical Liberalism and the Welfare State – David Conway, Liberty Law Blog

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SUNDAY EVENING GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Death by Presidential Order – Kate Pitrone, PoMoCOn

How Change Works – Via Meadia

“Plant Rights” on NPR – Wesley Smith, NRO

The “Progressive” Case Against Obama – Jonathan Adler, Volokh

Romney has it. – Kate Pitrone, PoMoCon

The Benghazi Story Refuses To Die – Via Meadia

Back to the Basics of Religious Liberty – Elizabeth Schiltz, Mirror of Justice

Visit Fabulous, Bloody Grozny – Matthew Clayfield, City Journal

Mark Oppenheimer’s False Dichotomies – Anna Williams, First Thoughts

The Presidency: A Realistic Reappraisal – George Carey, Imaginative Conservative

The Torah’s Call for Cushy Prisons – Katherine Infantine, First Thoughts

Imperialism Destroys the Constitutional Republic – M. Federici, Imaginative Conservative

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Incarnational Humanism: A Philosophy of Culture Pt II – Robert Woods, Musings

Hostile Entity – Midwest Conservative Journal

Pledged to enforce the Constitution – Barry Goldwater, Imaginative Conservative

Nurses Set to Oppose Assisted Suicide – Wesley Smith, NRO

Enough is Enough: Rape Babies Don’t Deserve Death – Bonchamps, American Catholic

Our 100% Pro-Abortion Rights “Pro-Life” President? – Robert George, Mirror of Justice

The Ohio Dynamic: Weak Candidates, Strong Parties – Via Meadia

A Nation of Takers – Michael S. Greve, Liberty Law Blog

Retain the word “Republic” Long After We Have Lost the Reality – Cicero, TIC

Pat Caddell: These People Have No Honor – Donald McClarey, American Catholic

The Demise of Equal Access – Michael Ramsey, The Originalism Blog

Left, Right, and Debt – Maverick Philosopher

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FRIDAY MID-DAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Ray Bradbury: A Bright Life That Burned Right – Robert Woods, Musings

Time to Reconsider the Imperial Presidency – Timothy C. Daughtry, American Thinker

The Achievement of Jacques Barzun – Gerald Russello, On the Square

What Did Barzun Believe? – Matthew Schmitz, First Thoughts

Tax This Plutocrat or I’ll Shoot These Kids – Via Meadia

Renewing Western Culture Pt I – Robert Woods, Musings

CIA Operators Denied Help During Benghazi Attack – Fox News, Jennifer Griffin

A Remote Predator Base – Via Meadia

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The Anatomy of the Good – David Davis, Imaginative Conservative

Is Religious Freedom A “Natural Right”? – Hadley Arkes, Right Reason

Dávila on the Authentic Reactionary – Matthew Schmitz, First Thoughts

Just a Small Thing – John C. Wright

Obama’s Aura of Defeat – Ross Douthat, New York Times

The Tax That Dare Not Speak Its Name – Troy Senik, City Journal

Three Parent Children a Step Closer – Wesley Smith, NRO

Lone Star State v. the UN – Donald McClarey, The American Catholic

Men Don’t Mother – Jenet Erickson, Public Discourse

Leading by Example – Jamie A. Hope, American Thinker

Voice of the Martyrs – Peter Leithart, On the Square

Burke, Capitalism, and the Mob – D. Moore, Imaginative Conservative

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THURSDAY MID-DAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Team Obama Justifies the Killing of a 16-Year-Old American – Friedersdorf, Atlantic

News From Obama’s Home State – Via Meadia

Could the Election Tip the Balance of the Michigan Supreme Court? – FedSoc Blog

The wrongheaded wedge between “social issues” and social justice” – Garnett, MoJ

What Libertarians Think About the U.S. Constitution Part II – Rappaport, Liberty Law Blog

Who Is Fethullah Gülen? – Claire Berlinski, City Journal

Who speaks for the Child in India Rent a Womb Contracts? – Wesley Smith, NRO

What Women Voters Want – Katherine Dalton, Front Porch Republic

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Putin Takes Russia to Church – Via Meadia

A Fair Trial Before the Hanging – Midwest Conservative Journal

Neither Darwin Nor God? – William Carroll, Public Discourse

Is Heaven Real? A Neurosurgeon’s Near-Death Experience – Maverick Philosopher

School Consolidation and Slow Democracy – Susan Clark and Woden Teachout

Dead White Guys – Samuel D. Rocha, On the Square

Abraham Lincoln, Vampires, and False Idols – Klugewicz, The Imaginative Conservative

Schadenfreude – Midwest Conservative Journal

Women Know Mitt and Barack (We’ve Dated Them Both) – Overbeck, American Thinker

Undue Burden Standard [and] Restrictions on Gun Rights – Nicholas Johnson, Liberty Law

Elizabeth Price Foley and David Rivkin on Federalism – Ramsey, Originalism Blog

The Popular Roots of Conservatism – George Carey, The Imaginative Conservative

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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Big Sister Is Watching You – Whittaker Chambers, National Review

Mourdock and the Illogic of the Rape Exception – Paul Zummo, The American Catholic

Economic illiteracy correlates with political preferences – Anne Sorock, Legal Insurrection

Fracking Brings Manufacturing Back to Rust Belt – Via Meadia

Pants on Fire – Midwest Conservative Journal

The Wrong Side of History – James Matthew Wilson, Front Porch Republic

Hunting Terrorists for Decades – Via Meadia

Jürgen Habermas’ European Dreams – Theodore Dalrymple, Liberty Law Blog

Public and Religious Education: L’État, C’est Tout – Anthony Esolen, Public Discourse

Why Polling Skews Against Political & Religious Conservatives – Dave Hartline, TAC

John Paul II and the Law: A First Try – Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice

Killing Half-Born Child a “Legitimate Medical Procedure” – Schmitz, First Thoughts

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Why Planned Parenthood Won’t Provide Mammograms – Keith Riler, On the Square

How Hayek eclipsed Keynes & Friedman – Mark Skousen, The Imaginative Conservative

Legislating Complementarity? – Elizabeth Schiltz, Mirror of Justice

Campaign 2012: What Kind of Country Do You Want? – George Weigel, On the Square

The Clever Economics Behind Romney’s Tax Plan – DarwinCatholic, The American Catholic

9/11/12 Emails from Benghazi to White House – Pundit & Pundette

Church, State, and Conscience – Leroy Huizenga, First Thoughts

Conscience and Truth – (then) Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, EWTN

Slow Democracy – Susan Clark and Woden Teachour, Front Porch Republic

‘Mom, go upstairs. We’re all liberals.’ – Annie Lake, American Thinker

Going There – Midwest Conservative Journal

The Sting of the Torpedo Fish – Christopher Nelson, The Imaginative Conservative

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