29 March AD 2024

MONDAY EDITION

Same Music, Same Choir, Different Director, Different Sound – Jef. A. Tucker

Nine Things You Need to Know about Lent – Jimmy Akin, NCRegister

Scotch Whisky is the “Extraordinary Form” of Alcohol – Whiskey Catholic

An Execution Concentrates the Mind – Fr. George W. Rutler, Crisis Magazine

Nine Centuries of Chivalry – Tracey Rowland, The Catholic Thing

Love Creates Us, or Why People Allow Abortion in the Case of Rape – M. Barnes

Legislation Creating ”Same-Sex” Marriage: What’s at Stake? – Card. George OMI

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

Downton’s Delightful Dilemmas – Janet E. Smith, Daily Register

Unlearning Christianity – Benjamin Wiker, The Catholic World Report

Virtuous Atheism is Not Enough – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

The Pope’s Jews – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

The 24 Theses of St. Thomas Aquinas with Citations and Commentary – SPL

Why Don’t Priests Follow Rubrics? – Fr. Z’s Blog

Petrus Apostolus: A Significant Address of the Holy Father – Rorate Cæli

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

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

FRIDAY GOD & CAESAR EXTRA

Copyright Nonsense – David Post, Volokh

Plebgate – Edward T. Oakes, S.J., On the Square / First Things

The Least of These – Anthony Esolen, Public Discourse

Boy Scouts and Sex – R.R. Reno, First Thoughts / First Things

The Budget Redux – Jeffrey Polet, F.P.R.

The Cult of Redemptive Violence – Samuel Goldman, American Conservative

Eric Voegelin & the Neoconservative Disease – Gene Callahan, T.I.C.

General Barrow on Women in Combat – Donald McClarey, T.A.C.

Happy-Face Statism – Wesley J. Smith, On the Square / First Things

Madison to Jefferson Letter of 1798 – Mike Church, T.I.C.

Tapping Eminent Domain – Steven Greenhut, City Journal

The Current Cultural Impasse – Mike Judge, Acculturated

The Lost World of Postwar America – R.R. Reno, First Thoughts / First Things

Breaking the Blue Model Monopoly in Education – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

FRIDAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Rape of 13-Year Old Yields No Jail Time – Eugene Volokh, Volokh

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

The Pension Fund That Ate California – Steven Malanga, City Journal

The Incredible Shrinking PPACA – Jonathan Adler, Volokh

Religion’s Wise Embrace of Commerce – Michael Helfand, On the Square / First Things

How To Think Of The Corkins Case – Rod Dreher, American Conservative

Stan Lee meets F. A. Hayek – Edward Feser

History of State’s Rights, 1774-1817 – Brad Birzer, T.I.C.

Ban Contraception? – Leroy Huizenga, On the Square / First Things

The Founders’ Vision of Religious Liberty – Thomas W. Jodziewicz, T.C.T.

A Player Piano for the Twenty-First Century – Gary L. Gregg, T.I.C.

Deciding Who Gets Religious Freedom – Matthew J. Franck, Public Discourse

Thousands Die Needlessly in NHS Hospitals – Wesley Smith, N.R.O.

FRIDAY BYZANTINE EDITION

Two Sides to Orthodox, Greek Catholic Relations in Ukraine – Byz, TX (OX)

How Media Influenced My Journey as a Christian – John S., Mystagogy (OX)

Moscow Patriarchate: Progress w/ Catholics, Distances w/ Protestants – AO

“Sanctification Doesn’t Come” – Kaiserswest (EC)

Converting From Westboro Baptist – Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy (OX)

Commemorating St. Photius – J. Andrew, Prayer of St. Ephrem (EC)

Lent is All About Food – Priest’s Wife, Fear Not Little Flock (EC)

St. Nikolai Velimirovic: Death is Unnatural – Death to the World (OX)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic
OX = Orthodox Church
OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)
RC = Latin Rite Catholic

 

 

FRIDAY MORNING EDITION

How Does Chastity Relate to the Restoration of Catholic Culture? – Taylor Marshall

Hastening the Reform of the Reform; or, the End of Clown Masses – Joanna Bogle

Money, Death of Culture – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Hopeful Vibrant Continuity vs. Grim Secularist Watchmen – Fr. Z’s Blog

What the Christian West Used to Sound Like and Will Sound Like Again – Jason Liske

Sundance Films, Utah, and Porn – Edmund Mitchel, Catholic Stand

Imitation of Jesus, Priest and Victim, and the Grace of Celibacy – Fr. Dwight Campbell

In Utroque Usu: Checking in with the Orange County Norbertines – Shawn Tribe

English Chant Antiphons for the Washing of Feet – Adam Bartlett, The Chant Café

Sede Vacantism: A Conspiracy to Waste Your Time – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture

Downton Abbey’s Prison Drama: A TSW Masterpiece Classic – Fr. Gordon J. MacRae

Ban Contraception? – Leroy Huizenga, First Things/On the Square

Catholic Hypocrisy in the Public Mind – Anna Williams, First Things/First Thoughts

Blessed John Henry Newman: Our Guide and Inspiration – Joseph Pearce, Crisis

The Latest Sexual Tyranny from the Southern Poverty Law Center – Robert O. López

THURSDAY GOD & CAESAR EDITION

Eco-Glitterati v. the Unemployed – Leslie Eastman, Legal Insurrection

Beyond Sequestration – Marc Eisner, Pileus

Medicaid: Can We Please Get Serious? – Michael Greve, Liberty Law Blog

The Legacy of Baker v. Nelson – Justin Dyer, On the Square / First Things

Is Art Political? – Bruce Frohnen, T.I.C.

Wealth of Nations, Health of Families – Patrick Fagan, Public Discourse

7 Million Americans Could Lose Health Insurance – Lonely Conservative

Whale Sushi: Sentence: Eleventy Million Years – Ken, Popehat

Perils of Prosecutorial Discretion – Ilya Somin, Volokh

Conservatism as the Highest Form of Modernism – Dr. Robert P. Kraynak, T.I.C.

Canada Drops the Penny – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Reactions to the Drone Strike “White Paper” – Jonathan Adler, Volokh

Assassination Rocks Tunisia – Michael Rubin, Commentary

Pro Suicide Quebec Fights Suicide – Wesley Smith, N.R.O.

Drone Strikes, Waterboarding, and Moral Preening – Peter Wehner, Commentary

THURSDAY MID-DAY EXTRA

Family in Need of Prayers Over Custody Battle – Matt K, The Badger Catholic

Sign Petition Asking for Richard III be Buried as Catholic – A Reluctant Sinner

Oxford Tolkien Spring School – Beauty in Education

Summer Chant Intensive Registration Open – Arlene Oost-Zinner, The Chant Café

Mystic Monk Coffee K-Cups are “Monk Shots” – Fr. Z’s Blog

Pro-Life Advocates Take Over Pro-Abortion Twitter Hashtag – Sar. Crawford, LN

Bishop D’Arcy, R. I. P. – Greg Erlandson, OSV Newsweekly

Bishop: If You Voted Obama, You’re Responsible for Culture of Death – J. White

THURSDAY MORNING EDITION

The Good, the Bad, and Gaudium et Spes – Tracey Rowland, The Cthlc World Report

The Rise of Evangelical Catholicism – George Weigel, First Things/On the Square

Conscience and Its Enemies: Robert P. George’s New Book – Matthew Schmitz

On Culture and the Youth – Jacob Tawney, Roma Locuta Est

Solemn Pontifical Mass of Bp. Elliott for Melbourne E. F. Community – S. Tribe

St. John of the Cross on Fatigue – Ben, Two Catholic Men and a Blog

Call to Prayer: Seven Resources for your Lenten Journey – Daniel Burke

The Elephant in Downton Abbey’s Drawing Room – Micah Murphy, Truth & Charity

Magic of Catholic Film Classic Returns in New Remake – Jean M. Heimann, Cth Fr

What Evangelicals Can Learn From Catholics – Jos. Pavicic, Homiletic & Pstrl Rvw

Women in Combat: Contra Naturum – Christopher Check, Catholic Answers Blog

Catholicism and Libertarianism: Now More Than Ever – Bonchamps, Catholic Stand

My Sisters the Saints — A Book Review – Sarah Babbs, Ignitum Today

Ten Commandments for Atheists – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Cth News & Inspiration

Boy Scouts Postpone Decision About Homosexuals – Tom McDonald, Daily Regstr

Les Miserables and the Index – John C. Hathaway OCDS MA, Catholic Lane

Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ In Europe; Passage in U. K.

The Morning After. . . the Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Debacle – Father Ed Tomlinson’s Blog

A Sad Day For Civilisation: Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ in U. K. – Fr. Tim Finigan

. . .And On To The Next Stage. . . – Joanna Bogle

Marriages: Created and Sacramental – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic. . .

Glib Lies & Terror Tactics: It Must be the “Gay Marriage” Campaign – Catholic & Welsh

Did Tatchell Write the Script? – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Weakens Cameron Within Party, M. P.s Say – Rwn. Mason, Tlgrph

Bp. Egan: Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Will Put Us Under Intolerable Pressures – M. Teahan

Can Christians Still Have Holy Matrimony? – Freddy Gray, The Spectator

After Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Vote, I Won’t Be Voting for the Tories Again – F. Phillips

Bishops Warn of Increasingly Harsh Attacks on the Church – Edward Pentin, Dly Rgstr

Homosexual Men Should be Vaccinated to Reduce Cancer Rate – Hilary White

France: Some of the Standout Arguments from the Homosexual Lobby – Rob. O. López

French Pro-Homosexual ‘Marriage’ Rally Eclipsed by Much Larger Marriage Rally – LSN

Letter from Homosexual to Pres. Hollande on Homosexual Adoption – Rob. O. López

U. K. Parliament Redefines Marriage – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, P/Standing on my Head

WEDNESDAY GOD & CAESAR EXTRA

Haidt’s Biased Survey Evidence on Libertarians – Jason Sorens, Pileus

GOP Re-Branding, Real and Imagined – Jordan Bloom, American Conservative

Tyranny of Moral Enhancement – Wesley Smith, N.R.O.

Despising the Constitution – Richard Reinsch, Liberty Law Blog

A Dhimmitude of Sorts – R.R. Reno, First Thoughts / First Things

American Dhimmis – Rod Dreher, American Conservative

Online Shopping Replaces Malls – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Everyone on a Kill List – William Jacobson, Legal Insurrection

Life In Prison For Unwanted Barbering? – Rod Dreher, American Conservative

Conscience and Its Enemies – Matthew Schmitz, First Thoughts / First Things

Broad New Powers in Digital War – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Catholic Hypocrisy in the Public Mind – Anna Williams, First Thoughts / First Things

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