December 2012

Small Victories For Free Speech And Private Property – LonCon

Faith and Hope in Charity Shops – Ian Penman, City Journal

NFP, Disillusionment, and the Poor – Helen Alvare, Public Discourse

Do Any Conservatives Support Copyright Regime? – Jordan Bloom, SotU

Georgia Fact-Check Fail – Jonathan Adler, Volokh

Smart Meters vs. Social Capital – Ashley Trim, City Journal

Education Systems in Germany and Sweden – Hans Eicholz, Liberty Law Blog

Conspiracy Theorists Rule Autism Hearing – Bethany Mandel, Commentary

The Deepest Source of Our Trioubles – Paul Rahe, Ricochet

Judges Question Obama’s Recess Appointments – LonCon

Congressional Gridlock is Good – Russell Saltzman, On the Square

On the Legalization of Drugs – Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal

Fundamentalism Vs. Wonder – Rod Dreher

Fiscal Cliff: On The Wall, The Writing – Scott Galupo, SotU

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The Book of Sung Gospels for the Full Liturgical Year – Jef. A. Tucker, The Chant Café

After Decades-Long Ban, Christmas Holds New Meaning for Cuba – EWTN News

Chinese Pro-Life Activist Calls for Reform, International Attention – Michelle Baumann

Quæritur: Can We Write Down Notes and Thoughts During Holy Mass? – Fr. Z’s Blog

Christendom College Launches New EWTN Radio Station – Matt Archbold, The CNS Blog

New Liturgy? What New Liturgy? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, National Catholic Register

Wilcannia-Forbes News: Manning Out; Kennedy In – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

R.I.P.: Dave Brubeck, Jazz Giant & Convert to Catholicism from “Nothing” – C. E. Olson

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Michael Voris and Father Zuhlsdorf Together! – Catholic in Brooklyn

I’ve Been Ex-communicated By National “Catholic” Reporter! – Acts of the Apostasy

The Real St. Nicholas: Not Fat and Not Very Jolly Either – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

Eight Things You Need to Know About the Immaculate Conception – Jimmy Akin, NCReg

Vatican Office to Launch Pope Smartphone App – CNA/EWTN News

Civil Society is Solidarity’s Natural Home – Stephen White, Catholic Vote

What if the Other Spouse Doesn’t Want the Annulment? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law

The Bishops Promoting Fasting? Only if You’re a Muslim! – Kate Edwards, Oz Incognita

Divorce: A Widely Ignored Self-Inflicted Tragedy – Stephen M. Krason, Crisis Magazine

The Rise of Ecumenism – Peter Berger, The American Interest

Reviving the TLM in the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee – Augustinus, Rorate Cæli

Selfing Others Right in the Face – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

R.I.P.: American’s Demographic “Exceptionalism” – Carl E. Olson, The CWR Blog

The Measure of True Happiness – Christopher Kaczor PhD, OSV Newsweekly

Sensus Infidelium – Jeffrey Miller, The Curt Jester

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Statement by Orthodox Bishops of France on Repose of Pat. Ignatius IV – NOAO

Bulgarian Church to Elect New Primate in February – Byzantine, Texas (OX)

Memory Eternal, His Beatitude, Most Blessed Ignatius IV – OrthodoxNW (OX)

Against Tolerance and Broadmindedness – St. Elias Today (EC)

2012 Eastern Catholic Encounter West Coast III – Prayer of St. Ephrem (EC)

Harlots and Drunkards At the Last Banquet – Glory To God For All Things (OX)

A Roman Catholic’s Journey to Eastern Catholicism: Jesus Prayer – TMB (EC)

Fr. Seraphim Rose on Nihilism – Cassian’s Corner (OX)

Venerable Zechariah of Egypt – A..Sinner (OX)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

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Students Revolt Against Worldly Jesuit Pres. at Jesuit Univ. – Mt. Archbold, The CNS Blg

The Seldom-Told Stories of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker – Christopher B. Warner

Duncan Stroik on the Rinascimento Project – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Blessed Phillip Rinaldi – Jean M. Heimann, Catholic Fire

Bread in the Holy Gospel of Saint John – Thomas L. McDonald, P/God and the Machine

Advent, Don’t Rush! It’s Not Christmas Yet! – Catholic Sistas

Story of Monarchy: Latin Jerusalem – The Mad Monarchist

Confession: A Great Opportunity to Get Right with God – Russell Shaw, OSV Newsweekly

The End of the Pro-Life Physician? – Christopher Kaczor PhD, Truth and Life Forum

Catholic League about New York Time’s attack on Bishop Robert Finn – Fr. Z’s Blog

Christopher West Wrong on Custody of the Eyes – Kevin O’Brien, Godot to Leave

Interview with Fr. John Hollowell: On Homosexuality & Unnatural Law – Brandon Vogt

Pro-Family Movement: With This Strategy, Get Used to Losing – Matthew C. Hoffman

Out of the Wreckage – James Kalb, Crisis Magazine

Is Boston Archdiocese Violating ‘Motu Proprio’ on Charity – Boston Catholic Insider

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ObamaCare’s Crisis of Conscience – John Davidson, On the Square

Philippines to Guarantee “Pleasurable Sex?” – Wesley J. Smith, NRO

Personal and Political – Third Day Theology

Dave Brubeck Dead at 91 – Austin Ruse, First Thoughts

District Judges Split on…California Ban on Sexual Orientation Change – Volokh, Volokh

Is College Worth It? NYT Says Maybe Not – Via Meadia

The Drama of the Sexennials…Continues… – Motley Monk, The American Catholic

When Fiction was King – Alan Jacobs

The Age of Keynes – Mark Skousen, TIC

Blue Society Undermines Golden State Economy – Via Meadia

The Abuse Plague Is Universal – George Weigel, On the Square

The Cult of Acquiescence and its Dangers – Bruce Frohnen, TIC

Trollope on American Religion – Marc DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice

*Free Market Fairness* – Jason Sorens, Pileus

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Supreme Court Sides with Private Property – Erika Johnsen, Hot Air

Ross Douthat: History’s Greatest Monster – Rod Dreher

Robert Nisbet and the Rise of the Machines – Mike Church, TIC

Race Matters, Actually – Victor Davis Hanson, NRO

Thomas Jefferson’s Transformative Presidency – Jeremy Bailey, Liberty Law Blog

Our Post-rational Age – James Matthew Wilson, FPR

Good Luck to The Oxford American – Alan Jacobs

American Morality and American Power – Daniel Larison

Bob Costas’ Supply-Side Gun Control Fallacy – Nicholas Johnson, Liberty Law Blog

Government v. Religious Liberty and Women’s Wellbeing – Helen Alvare, Public Discourse

Reclaiming a Party – Bradley Birzer, TIC

Darkness Of ‘The New Enlightenment’ – Rod Dreher

Obama Says America Is ‘Poised To Take Off’ – Lonely Conservative

Don’t Mention The Decadence – Ross Douthat

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Federal Court Blocks California Reparative Therapy Ban – Kirsten Andersen, LfStNws

Make Advent Meaningful – Marge Fenelon, National Catholic Register

Hymn Tune Introits at Daily Mass – Kathleen Pluth, The Chant Café

Can You Imagine Living as a Stylite? – Jason Liske, Ascending Mount Carmel

Ad Orientem in Troy, New York – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

The Introduction to “The Will of God” by Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J. – Ignatius Insghts Scp

Pro-Obama Election Bias Among Catholic College Employees – The CNS Blog

The Expectation of Our Lady – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

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Pope Has Half a Million Twitter Followers in 24 hours – J. M. Heimann

Was There Marian Devotion in First 3 Centuries of the Church? – Dr. Taylor Marshall, CT

Modernity is an Attack on Being – Kevin O’Brien, Waiting for Godot to Leave

Apparitions at Holy Love Ministries Revisited – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Catholic Lane

More on Fulfilling Mass Obligations – Dr. Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law

Bread in the Old Testament – Thomas L. McDonald, Patheos/God and the Machine

An Antique Black Chasuble – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Drone War vs. Just-War Teaching – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

Eve and the Forbidden Pomegranate – Katherine Infantine, First Things/First Thoughts

Five Suggestions for a Tweeting Pope – Brandon Vogt, BrandonVogt.com

Jesuit Celebrates Mass With Woman, Priestly Faculties Suspended – Joseph Fromm

Subsidiarity in the Tradition of Catholic Social Doctrine – Joe Carter, Acton Institute

The Dating of Christmas – Jacob Tawney, Roma Locuta Est

Pro-Lifers Praise Pope for Ordering Church Charities to be Catholic – J. H. Westen, LSN

Contraception & Women’s Wellbeing: NFP, Disillusionment & the Poor – Helen Alvaré

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Abp. Bregantini of Campobasso-Boiano in a “Clown” Mass? – Augustinus, Rorate Cæli

More Christmas Masses than Meet the Eye – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

Steps & Stumbles of David Cameron’s “Big Society” – D. Cooney, The Distributist Rvw

In Its Search for ‘Relevance’, the Anglican Church is Losing Relevance – Tim Stanley

Polls Claiming Britons Want Assisted Suicide are Misleading – Dr. Peter Saunders, Lf Nws

Sedated to Death Without Permission in the U. K. – Wesley J. Smith, Human Excptnlsm

Reporter Who Broke Savita Story: No Request for a ‘Termination’ – Hilary White, LSN

In Ireland, the Case for Legal Abortion is Built on Fraud – Phil Lawler, CC/On the News

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The Constitution Without the Common Law – James Stoner, Liberty Forum

Tradition v. Interpretive Process – John McGinnis, Liberty Forum (resp. to Stoner)

Reflections Stirred by James Stoner – Hadley Arkes, Liberty Forum (resp. to Stoner)

The Strange Case of Dinesh D’Souza – The Constructive Curmudgeon

Is Iron Dome the Maginot Line? – Philip Garaldi, SoTU

Is Political Stability What’s Best for a Nation? – Andrew Haines, Ethiks Politika

Roger Scruton and Environmental Conservatism – Alan Jacobs

IRS Issues 159 Pages Of New Rules On Obamacare Taxes – LonCon

The Cause of Dorothy Day – William Doino, First Things/First Thoughts

Crash Where They Know Your Name – Rod Dreher

Obama’s Fundamental Transformation Of Our Schools – LonCon

Is the Church Suppressing God’s Will? – Elizabeth Scalia, First Things/On the Square

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What’s the Difference Between Sisters and Nuns? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law

NPR’s Mary: Bitter, Angry, and Mad at Christians – Carl E. Olson, The CWR Blog

Credible Communion: The Witness of Apostolic Religious Life – Sr. Gill K. Goulding CJ

Sing We Noël! – Christopher O. Blum, Crisis Magazine

Pope’s Twitter Handle: What Does “Pontifex” Mean, Anyway? – Jimmy Akin, NCRegister

The Natural Law Is Not Enough – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/On the Culture

What ‘The Economist’ Meant to Say. . . – Patrick O’Meara, National Catholic Register

Vatican Report on Medjugorje Due this Month? – Catholic World News

Catholics Don’t “Believe” Life Begins at Conception – Rebecca Taylor, Catholic Lane

When Charlie Brown Grew Up. . . – The Larry D, Acts of the Apostasy

The Shadow of Ecclesia Dei – Côme de Prévigny, Rorate Cæli

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