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In Defense of Chesterton – David Schaengold, First Thoughts

The Calamity of Death – Russell Saltzman, On the Square

No, It Was Not The Vatican – Patrick Brennan, Mirror of Justice

Boehner To Obama: Pass Our Plan B Or Own It – Lonely Conservative

Martin Amis’s Lionel Asbo: State of England – Franklin Freeman, On the Square

Lessons From Reagan Part I – Pete Spiliakos, On the Square

The Ugly Politics of Piers Morgan – Peter Wehner, Commentary

Locke’s Nature – Greg Forster, First Thoughts

How Obama Responds to Intimidation – Scott McConnell, SotU

What if Robert Bork Had Joined the Supreme Court? – Michael McConnell, Slate

Why Don’t Men Come To Church? – Rod Dreher

Mayan Apocalypse Now? What the Experts Missed – Stephen Masty, TIC

The Significance of the Bork Battle – Matthew J. Franck, First Thoughts

The Need for Order, or “Do Something” Syndrome – Paul Zummo, TAC

Asian-American Quotas in the Ivy League? – Ron Unz, SotU

Restraints on Trade in Book Shops – Theodore Dalrymple

Christmas: Cure for Cynicism and Irony – George Weigel, On the Square

Bork and the Evolution of American Conservatism – Noah Millman

Obama Admin…To Rewrite Contraception Mandate – Lonely Conservative

Aristotle and the Economic Crisis – Mark Malvasi, TIC

Porn Use and Supporting Same-Sex Marriage – Mark Regnerus, Public Discourse

We’re Still Paying the Price for the Borking of Robert Bork – Jeffrey Rosen, TNR

MUST READ: Another Ordinary Year in America – OrthoDixie (OX)

Why Not Orthodox Beer? – The Catacomb Chronicles OX)

The OLD Evangelization – Ric Ballard, Eastern Catholic Spiritual Renewal (EC)

Accolades Continue to Roll in for Film “Archimandrite” – Byzantine, Texas (OX)

Schools and Yoga – Again and Again (OX)

Meet Teresa: Happy Housewife, Prayer Warrior, Catholic – FNLF (EC)

The Heavens Declare the Glory of God – A. Theodoridis, Kyrie Eleison (OX)

St. Nicholas Visits Children At St. Elias Church – St. Elias Today (EC)

Obama Calls For New Gun Restrictions – Ad Orientem (OX)

The Eternal Babe in the Manger: Reflections on Matins – P. of St. Ephrem EC)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

Robert Bork and the End of Democracy – Matthew Schmitz, First Thoughts

Racism at the Times – John Steele Gordon, Commentary

Barbara Boxer Wants National Guard Troops – Lonely Conservative

Fertility and Decadence in Germany – Samuel Goldman, SotU

Global Warming: No Harm No Foul? – Wesley Smith, NRO

Robert Bork: From Atheism to Christian Faith – Austin Ruse, First Thoughts

Robert H. Bork, 1927-2012 – Roger Kimball

Jew Without a Gun – Seraphic Secret

Ideology, Institutions, and Modern Science – Joseph Knippenberg, First Thoughts

Contraception Mandate Taking on Water – Jonathan Adler, Volokh

Catholics and Gun Control – Rob Vischer, Mirror of Justice

The Emptying of the Mental Institutions – Austin Ruse, First Thoughts

At Least the SS had Snazzier Uniforms – Donald McClarey, TAC

Who’s Killing Whom, And With What – Rod Dreher

Cultural Amnesia and the Separation of Church and State – Bruce Frohnen, TIC

Continuing to Argue Against Abortion – Roberta Bayer, FPR

A Man for This Season, and All Seasons – Charles Chaput, Public Discourse

Dave Brubeck – Marc Eisner, Pileus

Signifying Nothing – John Zmirak, TIC

The Will to Compromise – Ross Douthat, NYT

Apocalypse in Texas? – Via Meadia

Conservative Blue – Christian Schneider, City Journal

Benghazi Report – Legal Insurrection

Bans on…“Assault Weapons” Are Unlikely to Diminish…Deaths – Volokh, Volokh

Adam Lanza & American Exceptionalism – Rod Dreher

No Wonder Hillary Has A Headache – Lonely Conservative

GOP Moves Toward Via Meadia on Fiscal Cliff – Via Meadia

Gun Control Advocates Threaten Lives Of NRA Members – Lonely Conservative

The Brutality of Late Term Abortion – Wesley J. Smith, NRO

Prepare For The Alternative Minimum Tax – Lonely Conservative

The Children of Hannibal – Michael Totten, City Journal

Canada Leaps Past Dithering US in Energy Race – Via Meadia

I’ve Had To Turn Off The News – Lonely Conservative

Claremont Christmas Reading – Claremont Institute

Adam Lanza: The Stranger – Rod Dreher

The Case For More Cops – Ross Douthat, NYT

Justice Delayed – Phillip Giraldi, SotU

Delicious Irony – John Steele Gordon, Commentary

Gun-free Zones, Gun Ownership, and Murder – Neo-neocon

Egalitarian Hedonism & The Working Class – Rod Dreher

Reality, Not Politics, Obstructs Gun Laws – Jonathan Toobin, Commentary

More On the New Hobbit – David Mills, First Thoughts

Two Thoughts about Guns, Risks, and Safety – Alan Jacobs

If I Were a Marxist (But Then Again No…) – Peter Lawler, PoMoCon

Crazy Old Nick Gillespie – Rod Dreher

4 Awful Reactions to Sandy Hook School Shooting – Nick Gillespie, Reason

England Excludes Hebrew: What Would Milton Think? – Matthew Schmitz, First Thoughts

Re: Abortion and Child Support – Michael Paterson-Seymour, First Thoughts

Big Red & Rape – Rod Dreher

Balancing Economic Control and Entrepreneurship – Scott Shane, SBT

A Lazier America – Donald McClarey, TAC

Is GOP the Party of Human Rights? – Michael Rubin, Commentary

California’s New Motto: Blue Heaven or Bust! – Via Meadia

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Youhanna Yaziji New Grk. Orth. Patriarch of the Levant & Antioch – Naharnet

As the Nation Mourns – Abbot Tryphon, The Morning Offering (OX)

Eternal Memory to Those Killed in Connecticut – OrthodoxNorthwest (OX)

Syrian Christians Tortured, Killed, Driven From Ancient Home – Cath.Online

Ukrainian Major Archbishop Talks Spiritual Renewal – BC Catholic

Catholics, Awake!  Marriage Doesn’t Just Happen! – St. Elias Today (EC)

Life of Bl. Vasyl Velychovsky, Bishop and Martyr – Bp. Vel. Martyr’s Shrine (EC)

A Great Example of the New Evangelization – From Canada?! – Frank W., WIAC

The Lay Porter Who Resurrected a Dead Man – John S., Mystagogy (OX)

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

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Culture and the Culture Wars – Matthew Schmitz, First Thoughts

Excluding Religion from Public Life is Tricky – Darryl Hart, FPR

A Few More Thoughts on Newtown and the Pied Piper Impulse – Neo-Neocon

Silence of the Feminists – Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal

Regulatory Decadence and Dodd-Frank – Todd Zywicki, Liberty Law Blog

“Shallow Reasoning” Behind Gay Marriage Push – Matthew Schmitz, First Thoughts

What Future Tragedy Will It Take For Another Revival? – Dave Hartline, TAC

Does Online Ed Spell Doom for Traditional Universities? – Via Meadia

E.J. Dionne Wrong About IPAB – Wesley Smith, NRO

Lord Percy’s The Heresy of Democracy – Bradley Birzer, TIC

Jefferson’s Robust Views of Religious Freedom – Brian Walsh, Public Discourse

Literary Imagination – Andrew Seeley, TIC

Life Under Compulsion: Curricular Mire – Anthony Esolen, FPR

The Media, Social Networks, And Civility – Pete Spiliakos, PoMoCon

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Beautiful: Fr. Lazarus’ Experience of St. Anthony the Great (OR)

Mass Shootings and Cultural Decay – Fr. John Whiteford (OX)

EP Bartholomew Seeks to Restart Ecumenical Progress – Byz, Texas (OX)

A Jesus Prayer Experience – Ric Ballard, ECSR (EC)

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

Legend:

EC = Eastern Rite Catholic

OX = Orthodox Church

OR = Oriental Church (Coptics, etc.)

RC = Latin Rite Catholic

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Adam Lanza Described As Ticking Time Bomb – Lonely C.

A Virtual Lawyer Speaking Crowdsourced Wisdom – The Legal Whiteboard

The Case for More Guns (And More Gun Control) – Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic

Thinking the Unthinkable – Anarchist Soccer Mom

Deinstitutionalization Of Mentally Ill And Crime – Lonely C.

The ‘Right’ to Happiness – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, TIC

Democrats Losing Their ‘Balance’ on Entitlement Reform – WaPo

26 States Refuse To Implement Obamacare Exchanges – Lonely C.

$90 Billion Investment in America’s Brown Industries – Via Meadia

Mr. China Comes to America – James Fallows, The Atlantic

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Unions Tearing Down Tents… And Themselves – Brian Jacoutot, Legal Insurrection

The Slaughter of Innocents – Bonchamps, The American Catholic

So Maybe We Will Go Over the ‘Cliff’ After All – Scott Galupo, SotU

Michelle Obama Slams GOP For Money Spent On Campaign – LoCo

The Transcendent in Tolkien – James Person, TIC

The University As Resort – Rod Dreher

Christie Struggling to Stave off NJ Pension Collapse – Via Meadia

Life, Death, and Motherhood – Caitlin Bootsma, Altcatholicah

Do You Have to be Old to be Conservative? – Darryl Hart, FPR

A Thought Experiment Related to School Shootings – Eugene Volokh, Volokh

My Long Car Ride Mourning the Victims – William Jacobson, Legal Insurrection

The New Hobbit – David Mills, First Things/First Thoughts

The Hobbit: My Review – Alan Jacobs

The Fear of God and the Law – Donald McClarey, The American Catholic

The Evil in Sandy Hook – Kevin Lee, Mirror of Justice

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