29 March AD 2024

Sardonicus

MONDAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Virtual Violence and the Real Thing – John Hayward, Human Events

Presidential Power and the War on Terror – Greg Weiner, T.I.C.

Ben Carson: America’s Doctor – Jeffrey Lord, American Spectator

Black, Brown and Obama – Lloyd Billingsley, Front Page

Drones on the Fourth Estate’s Radar? – J.Harris, Intellectual Conservative

The ‘Nones’ and American Liberty – David Conway, Liberty Law Blog

Cruz Must Be Doing Something Right – Lonely Conservative

A B.A. in Three Years? – Samuel Goldman, American Conservative

The Politics of Impatience – Hans Eicholz, Liberty Law Blog

Conservatism and the Catholic Church – John Caiazza, First Principles

Provision, Payment, and Prevarication – Matthew J. Franck, First Things

Where the Green Graft Grows – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Saving Nature from the Hippies – C.R. Wiley, T.I.C.

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SATURDAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Toward a Black Jesse James – Ta-Nehisi Cotes, The Atlantic

TB, or not TB? – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Adam Smith’s Moral and Political Philosophy – Matt Zwolinski, B.H.L.

Illegal To Refuse To Hire Convicts? – Lonely Conservative

Don’t Believe the Hype – Yevgeniy Feyman, City Journal

Key Democrats Turn on Obamacare – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

How Dare Ted Cruz? – Jonathan Tobin, Commentary

Assisted Suicide is Suicide – Wesley Smith, N.R.O.

Alan Bloom & Moral Relativism: 1987 – Neo-Neocon

Kristol vs. Oakeshott – Jake Kerwick, Modern Age

The Car-less Generation – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

The Tea Party Movement – Leslie Eastman, L.I.

Hope Springs Eternal – Midwest Conservative Journal

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FRIDAY GOD & CAESAR EXTRA

First Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Trial – Wesley Smith, N.R.O.

Rand Paul and Domestic Drones – Marc Eisner, Pileus

The Politics of Impatience (Part II) – Hans Eicholz, Liberty Law Blog

VT Bill Not Assisted Suicide – Wesley Smith, N.R.O.

Support for Incremental Pro-Life Laws – Michael J. New, First Things

Federal Judge Shuts Down Lawsuit – Lonely Conservative

SOTU Bright Spot: Higher Ed Reform – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Narcotics Have A Purpose – Pete Spiliakos, First Things

Hill’s Idea Of Fun – Rod Dreher, American Conservative

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FRIDAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Why Do Societies Give Up? – V.D. Hanson, Jewish World Review

Skilled Immigrants on Fast Track – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Home Of The Drone – Lonely Conservative

Catholic Science Fiction – Sasha Volokh, Volokh

The Catholic Church and Science Fiction – Ilya Somin, Volokh

The Passing of Ronald Dworkin – Mike Rappaport, Liberty Law Blog

China’s Great Firewall Burns Its Economy – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Bullying in New York State – Clark, Popehat

The Pilgrims as Illegal Aliens – Eugene Volokh, Volokh

What Is Marriage? – Sherif Girgis, Public Discourse

An Ungentle Society – Joseph Knippenberg, First Thoughts / First Things

Gay Marriage: A Libertarian Critique – Paleolib, Liberty & Dignity

$57,232 a Year at Brown University? – Leslie Eastman, L.I.

Neil Postman – The Constructive Curmudgeon

New Republic as State Organ – Donald McClarey, T.A.C.

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THURSDAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Catholic Science Fiction – Sasha Volokh, Volokh

Paul Targets Brennan’s Nomination over Drones – Leslie Eastman, L.I.

Human Rights Watch and “Prisoner X” – David Bernstein, Volokh

Damascus Burns – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Obama’s American System – Samuel Goldman, SotU / American Conservative

A Beatles Lord of the Rings? – Matthew Schmitz, First Thoughts / First Things

Obamacare Supporters Feel the Fear – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Politicizing Philanthropy – Howard Husock, City Journal

Carl Schmitt Meets the Doc Fix – Michael Greve, Liberty Law Blog

Our National Sex Day – Caitlin Seery, Public Discourse

A Review of Good – Stephen M. Klugewicz, T.I.C.

Iran Upgrades Its Nuclear Capacity – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Court Finds Fault With Mandate – John Davidson, On the Square / First Things

Pessimism Is Hope – Molly Brigid Flynn, T.I.C.

Teen Sues Parents to Prevent Forced Abortion – Wesley Smith, NRO

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WEDNESDAY GOD & CAESAR EXTRA

Must We Mean What We Say? – Charles Petersen, n+1

Rousseau’s Shame – R.R. Reno, First Thoughts / First Things

Gay Marriage and the Right to Marry – Mark T. Mitchell, F.P.R.

What’s Wrong With “Human Rights” – Paul Gottfried, American Conservative

Trying Not to Listen – Kate Pitrone, PoMoCon / First Things

Freedom as a Moral Concept – Jason Sorens, Pileus

The Statist Of the Union – Lonely Conservative

The Supreme Court Found the Wall – Mark Movsesian, First Things

The Immigration Reform America Needs – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Qatari Law in U.S. Courts – Eugene Volokh, Volokh

Catechizing Garry Wills – Nathaniel Peters, First Things

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WEDNESDAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Crazy to Everyone – Heather MacDonald, City Journal

Nick Gillespie on Why Youth Favor Obama – Maverick Philosopher

Gerhart Niemeyer – Ellis Sandoz, T. I. C.

Pop Culture, Violence, and Shoddy Social Science – John Podhoretz, Commentary

Esquire’s Shooter Interview – Jordan Bloom, State of the Union

Europe’s Battle over Symbols – Eriksen and Stjernfelt, City Journal

Santa Muerte: Inspired and Ritualistic Killings – Robert J. Bunker, Ph.D., FBI

Bastiat’s State of the Union Address – James Otteson, Pileus

The Nature of Human Happiness – Bruce Frohnen, T. I. C.

Unbiasing American History – Ashley Thorne, On the Square / First Things

We Should Tackle the Sperm-Sale Industry – John Smoot, Public Discourse

Meritocracy: Response to Prof. Gelman – Ron Unz, T. A. Cn.

The Journey of Indefinite Government – David Upham, Liberty Law Blog
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TUESDAY GOD & CAESAR EXTRA

Communism and Western Intellectuals – Michael Bauman, T.I.C.

A Port William Statement? – Jason Joseph, PoMoCon / First Things

Cost Of Tomatoes to Skyrocket – LoCo

Sperm Donation is Bad for Dads and Kids – John Smoot, Public Discourse

Rise of Militarized Police Raids – Ilya Somin, Volokh

On Character Formation – Scott Galupo, T. A. Cn.

Woman Dies At The Hands Of Abortionist – LoCo

17 House Rs Call for VAWA Reauthorization – Anne Sorock, Legal Insurrection

Letter to Ted Cruz on Gun Control Proposals – Randy Barnett, Volokh

Geron Sells Embryonic Stem Cell Business – Wesley Smith, Human Exceptionalism

We Must Not Forget – Bonchamps, The American Catholic

Introducing Beyond the Barricade – Michael Hannon, Ethika Politika

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Unworthy of U.S. Tradition – Brian Domitrovic, T. I. C.

Norks Test Nuke – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

A Mirror for Educators – Alan Jacobs, T. A. Cn.

The Righteous Mind – Jason Sorens, Pileus

Companies and Religion – R.R. Reno, First Thoughts / First Things

GOP vs. the Neocons: Sequestration – Jordan Bloom, T. A. Cn.

Texas: Generous in Compensating Wrongly Convicted – FedSoc Blog

Paradoxes of Conservative Pop Culture – Carl Scott, PoMoCon / First Things

The Year of Lincoln – John Murdock, On the Square / First Things

The Looming Battle for Iran – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

The Politics of Impatience: Part I – Hans Eicholz, Liberty Law Blog

The Vision of E. F. Schumacher – Joseph Pearce, T. I. C.

On the Powers and Limits of Literature – Alan Jacobs, T. A. Cn.

Tuesday Afternoon Update on Papa Bene and What Happens Next – The Editors, Big Pulpit

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MONDAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Did The Stalker Have A Point? – Ken, Popehat

The Administrative State – Michael Greve, Liberty Law Blog

That…White Paper – Matthew Franck, On the Square / First Things

Campaign Finance Merry-Go-Round – Bradley Smith, Liberty Law Blog

Dr. Carlson Has Them Mostly Silent – William Jacobson, Legal Insurrection

Fat Wars: Why not Personal Responsibility? – Theodore Dalrymple, Liberty Law Blog

The Texas Growth Machine – Wendell Cox, City Journal

Truth, Metaphor, and Race – Robert Lopez, Public Discourse

It’s the Culture, Stupid – R.R. Reno, On the Square / First Things

Abortion Data Reform – Jacqueline Harvey, Ethika Politika

How to Think about Government Failure – Randy Simmons, Liberty Law Blog

The Conservatives vs. the Intellectuals? – Peter Lawler, T.I.C.

Karl Rove Vs. The Tea Party – Pete Spiliakos, PoMoCon / First Things

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SUNDAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Conversations About the Highest Things – James McGlone, T.I.C.

Belgian Anorexia Euthanasia! – Wesley Smith, N.R.O.

Nine Centuries of Chivalry – Tracey Rowland, T.C.T.

Are Smartphones the New Doctors? – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

The Effects of Divorce on Children – Marsh Fightlin, Catholic Stand

Great Neck Principal Apologizes – Eugene Volokh, Volokh

How to Malt in America – Patrick Brennan, N.R.O.

On Corporations and Religious Exercise – Marc DeGirolami, M.o.J.

Mashaw on the Administrative State – Mike Rappaport, Liberty Law Blog

State Power and the Powerless – Matt Zwolinski, B.H.L.

Fetishizing Drones – Robert George, First Thoughts / First Things

Stalingrad? Hitlerstadt? – Rod Dreher, American Conservative

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SATURDAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Morality, Religion, Law – Maverick Philosopher

How I Learned…Enjoy Downton Abbey – Daniel McInernym, T.I.C.

Americans Love Their Drones – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Capitalism on Trial at the ICC – Walter Olson, Commentary

The Drone Targeting Dilemma – Ilya Somin, Volokh

Originalism and Drone Strikes – Michael Ramsey, Originalism

The Writer’s Miserable Lot – Alan Jacobs, American Conservative

Rubio’s Response: Risks and Rewards – Seth Mandel, Commentary

Poll Worker Admitted To Voting Twice – Lonely Conservative

Liberty and Public Decency (Part II) – Sven Wilson, Pileus

Aging Porn Stars and Aging Ideologies – Donald McClarey, T.A.C.

Fed Bought More Debt Than Issued – Lonely Conservative

The Conservative Call to Compassion – Brittany Baldwin, T.I.C.

Minimum Wage…and Affirmative Action – Run Unz, American Conservative

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