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Archbishop Closes “Gay Masses” – David Mills, First Thoughts / First Things

The Real Cliff – Christopher DeMuth, The Hudson Institute

It’s a Spending Problem – Yuval Levin, The Corner / NRO

Judicial Theocracy – Melissa Moschella, Public Discourse / Whitherspoon Institute

Tribe of 4000 Years Ago Cared for Disabled – Wesley Smith, NRO

Why the 2nd Amendment – Walter E. Williams, Townhall.com

Sperm Donor or a Father? – Eve Tushnet, First Thoughts/ First Things

“Justice” Comes to Islington – Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal

The Mentally Ill Don’t Have Motives – Bethanny Mandel, Commentary

Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise Again – Lonely Conservative

Prairie Home Degeneracy – Rod Dreher, American Conservative

Stuff Your Faces to Live Longer? – Wesley Smith, NRO

Illinois Governor Throws Down Gauntlet – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

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Matthew the Poor on Solitude (OR)

Funerals Held For 2 Killed in Bombing at Copt. Orth. Church Libya – CoCC (OR)

A Byzantine Catholic Meets New Age Philosophy – Ric Ballard, ECSR (EC)

Pope Tawadros Visits Catholic Churches in Egypt – Or. Orth. Chur. News (OR)

The Call to Monasticism is All About Relationships – Abbot Tryphon, TMO (OX)

Porn and Sad Sex – Fr Ted’s Blog (OX)

Understanding Eunomius – Fr. Kimel, Eclectic Orthodoxy (OX)

Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov – A Sinner (OX)

10 Spiritual New Year’s Resolutions – Fr. Peter Michael-Preble (OX)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

Are We a Nation of Takers? – David J. Armor, Liberty Law Blog

A Quick Public Choice Take on the Fiscal Cliff Deal – Jason Sorens, Pileus

Understanding Our Own Priorities, And Others’ – Noah Millman, American Conservative

The Real Problem Is the Policy Deficit – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

No Law Can Stop EPA From Conducting Poisonous Experiments – Lonely Conservative

The Boehner-Cantor Rift and the Speaker Election – Alana Goodman, Commentary

The Business Model for Massively Open Online Courses? – Kenneth Anderson, Volokh

New, Shocking Study Finds Humans Are Not Standardized! – Foxfier, American Catholic

Obama Isn’t Finished Raising Taxes – Lonely Conservative

Welcome to Very Scary Times – Victor Davis Hanson, Works and Days / Pajamas Media

Mandate Encountering Rough Reception in Court – Don. R. McClarey, The Amrcn Cthlc

A Boehner-Cantor Crackup? – Daniel Larison, State of the Union / American Cnsrvtv

Socrates Today – Mordecai Roshwald, Imaginative Conservative

Orwell’s Misreading of Evelyn Waugh – Matthew Walther, On the Square / First Things

Abraham Lincoln’s Constitutionally Modest Proposal – David Nichols, Liberty Forum

Complicated Act of Liberty and Justice – Allan Guelzo, Liberty Law Forum

So Much Power in So Few Hands – Marshall DeRosa, Liberty Law Forum

Hacked Subscriber Database of N. Y. Newspaper – Wil. Jacobson, Le•gal In•sur•rec•tion

Obamacare’s “Great Chase:” And They’re Off! – Wesley J. Smith, Human Exceptionalism

A Reflection on Christmas 2012 – Michael D’Emic, Ethika Politika

America’s Gunless Revolution? – Stephen Masty, Imaginative Conservative

A Nation of Takers – Nicholas Eberstadt, Liberty Law Blog

“Markets In Everything” Not Necessarily a Good Thing – Grover Cleveland, Pileis

“Let’s Give Up on [Parts of] the Constitution” – Jonathan Adler, Volokh

Life Under Compulsion: Bad Universality – Anthony Esolen, Front Porch Republic

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Bomb Arrest a Test for the Media – Robert George, First Thoughts / First Things

The (Protestant) Christian View of Marriage – Peter Lawler, PoMoCon / First Things

Liberalism’s $400,000 Problem – Ross Douthat, NYT

May the Rising Generation Redeem the Time? – Russell Kirk, Imaginative Conservative

Legal Infrastructure for Driverless Cars – Kenneth Anderson, Volokh Conspiracy

Progressives Ditch the Disguise – Robert George, First Thoughts / First Things

The Universe We Know In – Rev. James V. Schall, S.J., Imaginative Conservative

A Compendium of Seidman’s Errors – William Haun, First Thoughts / First Things

Trial by Jury 2013 – Philip Giraldi, State of the Union / American Conservative

On Microfame – William Brafford, First Thoughts / First Things

Higher Ed Bubble: WaPo Gets It – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Another Fiscal Flop – David Brooks, NYT

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“Live From Mumford Rd., Episode 1” – Christ the Bridegroom Monastery (EC)

 

Educate Yourself! – Byzantine Bandit, Wake Up and Smell the Incense (EC)

Fr. Barron Comments On Effective Evangelization – The Master Beadsman (EC)

“If Ought Death Part Thee and Me” – Kaiserswest (EC)

Elder Paisios: “A Christian Must Not Be Fanatical” – Mystagogy (OX)

The Top Seven Regrets of Pastors – Good Guys Wear Black (OX)

Love is a Many-Splendored Thing – Kyrie, Eleison! (OX)

Life of Bl. Josaphata Hordashevska – Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (EC)

Obedience and the Holy Family – Fr. Peter Preble (OX)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

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Research on Pandas! – Wesley Smith, National Review

Why Both Parties Failed – Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary

One in Six Philly Public Schools To Close – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

Liberals and the Constitution – Carl Scott, First Things/PoMoCon

Start of the GOP Comeback – Peter Wehner, Commentary

 Talkin’ ’Bout a Revolution – Neo-Neocon

Obama’s Crisis Demagoguery – Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary

The Battle for Al-Azhar – Walter Mead, Via Meadia

President Alinksy Strikes Again – Lonely Conservative

Will on Religion and Politics – Michael Moreland, Mirror of Justice

Russell Kirk’s Battle With Modernity – Gleaves Whitney, TIC

Hey Extraverts: Enough is Enough – Alan Jacobs

My Punditry Self-Audit – Scott Galupo, TAC

Obama Blames Benghazi On ‘Sloppiness’ – Lonely Conservative

Sentimentalizing Serial Murder – Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal

The Superfluity of the HHS Mandate – Joseph Knippenberg, First Thoughts

When does Skyler Capo Get to Interview Obama? – William Jacobson, LI

George Will’s Washington University Address – Richard Reinsch, Liberty Law Blog

The RH Bill Discourse in the Philippines – Celine Socrates, Ethika Politika

A Miserable Misreading of Le Miz – Sven Wilson, Pileus

Russia’s Cruel Adoption Ban – Matthew Hennessey, On the Square

The Perpetual Alibi of Bureaucracy – Theodore Dalrymple, Liberty Law Blog

Sorry, Dude, You Aren’t in the Middle Class – Grover Cleveland, Pileus

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“One is Holy, One is Lord” – Melkite Catholic Hymn (EC)

Syrian Rebels “Beheaded Christian and Fed Him To Dogs” – Australian News

East is Masculine, West is Feminine – Joyful Papist (RC)

No One Buried Alone – The Palm Beach Post

“What sustains our present life” – Kaiserswest (EC)

Fr. Bechara Abou-Mourad: “Venerable” – St. Joseph Melkite Cath. Church (EC)

Transitory – Abbot Tryphon, The Morning Offering (OX)

A Mother’s Sermon – Momma Renee, Claytonopolis (EC)

Atheism, Not God, is Odd – Mystagogy (OX)

Christ is Born!  God is Revealed! – Phillip Rolfes, The Master Beadsman (EC)

Eparchal Bishop Mikael Mouradian’s Christmas Message – Vatican Radio

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

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Yearning for Political and Spiritual Regeneration – H. Lee Cheek, Jr., TIC

Chicago’s “Unfortunate, Tragic Milestone” – Robert George, MoJ

Renting Wombs in India Exploits the Powerless – Wes Smith, NRO

The Next Buffalo Commons: In Germany? – Via Meadia

In California Gun Sales Jumped And Gun Deaths Dropped – Lonely Conservative

Did White House Suppress Science on GMO Salmon? – Jonathan Adler, Volokh

A Marriage In A Coffee Scoop – Rod Dreher

Wendell Berry’s View of Economic Health – Ralph Ancil, TIC

How to Read in 2013 – Ross Douthat, NYT

Review of The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien – Bradley Birzer, TIC

Visit Your Parents: It’s the Law – Via Meadia

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Egypt’s New Constitution – Carl Scott, PoMoCon

Econ 101 The Hard Way – Joel Engel, Le•gal In•sur•rec•tion

Teens Dump Higher Ed for Brown Jobs – Via Meadia

Employees Victims of Obama Cultural Authoritarianism – Wesley J. Smith, Hmn Excptsm

Esoteric Elite Morality – R. R. Reno, First Things/First Thoughts

Paul Krugman’s Better Half – Via Meadia

Christian Marriage, Celibacy, and Personal Freedom – Peter Lawler, PoMoCon

No Guns in School? – Larry Sand, City Journal

Silicon Valley Ditches Green Energy – Via Meadia

More Gun Owner Names – William Jacobson, Le•gal In•sur•rec•tion

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“From my youth, many passions fought me”

India’s Christian Untouchables – Peter Limieux, CNEWA (EC)

The Passion of Consumerism – Ramblings of a Byzantine Catholic (EC)

Byzantine Catholicism – John Russell, Holy Dormition (EC)

Bl. Charles de Foucauld: On Being a Friend – Fr. Tony Philpot, Jesus Caritas (RC)

2012: It’s a Wrap – Greg Kandra, One to One (EC)

Preparing For Communion Within the Divine Liturgy – Eparchy of Parma (EC)

On the Mystery of the Eucharist – Bp. Gregory J. Mansour, ESMB (EC)

Joyful Profession of Solemn Perpetual Vows – Basilian Contemplative Nuns (EC)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

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