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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

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.

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

Must Read: Keeping One’s Heart and Mind in a Good Place – Morn. Off. (OX)

Two Priests Kidnapped by Rebels Near Aleppo – Notes on Arab Orth. (OX)

Papa! – Mindy Goorchenko, The Devout Life (EC)

Holy Father: An E. Orth. Christian Looks West P. 4 – T. Flanders, MONKROCK

It is Easy to Sin Against Our Neighbour – Kaiserswest (EC)

Russian Church Continues Work on New Catechism – Byz, TX (OX)

Elder Michael the Blind – John Valadez, Death to the World (OX)

Bartimaeus: A Poem and Story of One Who is Blind – Fr. Ted’s Blog (OX)

The Prophet Isaiah on Fasting – Fr. Peter-Michael Preble (OX)

Legend:

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

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

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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Infernal University Pt. 1 – Byz. Bandit, Wake Up & Smell the Incense (EC)

Orthodoxy and Beauty are Inseparable – Abbot Tryphon, MONKROCK

America and the Perversion of Christianity – Glory to God For All Things (OX)

Pope and End Times – Fr. M. Katanic, Again and Again (OX)

Priestly Attire – Fr. John A. Peck, Good Guys Wear Black (OX)

Painfully Speaking to God – Fr. Ted’s Blog (OX)

Standing In God’s Sight – Kaiserswest (EC)

“God Does Not Wait For the Guilty to be Reconciled” – Eclectic Orthodoxy

The Great Fast Begins – Ramblings of a Byzantine Catholic (EC)

Legend:

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

 

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

For the Tuesday Afternoon Edition Click Here – Chief Editor, Big Pulpit

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

For the Tuesday Afternoon Edition Click Here – Chief Editor, Big Pulpit

Pope Benedict XVI to Abdicate – Ad Orientem (OX)

Moscow Says Change in Pope of Rome Won’t Hurt Relations – Byz, TX (OX)

HG Bishop Angaelos on Resignation of Pope Benedict – Copt.Or.Ch. UK (OR)

Enthronement Speech of Patriarch John X of Antioch – Mystagogy (OX)

Never Converse With Demons – Abbot Tryphon, The Morning Offering

Inside Holy Resurrection Monastery (Video) – HTRNews (EC)

My Year of Living Reclusively – Pithless Thoughts (OX)

Tradition is in the Life of the Church – Fr. Ted’s Blog (OX)

The History of Papal Electoral Law – St. Elias Today (EC)

Holy Father (An E. Orth. Christian Looks West) Pt. 3 – MONKROCK

An Unneccesary Existence – Fr. Freeman, Glory to God For All Things (OX)
Legend:EC = Eastern Rite Catholic
OX = Orthodox Church
OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)
RC = Latin Rite Catholic

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

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