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WEDNESDAY MORNING GOD & CAESAR EDITION

I Will Gladly Vouch for School Vouchers – Indiana Barrister

Shining Light on Bulbs’ Appeal – Paul Grondahl, Times Union

Food Stamp Eligibility at Issue in Congress – Politico

Jerry Brown’s Accidental Legacy – Steven Greenhut, City Journal

Dead-Wrong Defense of Anti-Sharia Laws – Matthew Schmitz, First Thoughts

The Healthcare Market and Nietzschean Decadence – Scott Galupo, TACn

Bill To Give Feds Ability To Access Americans’ Email – LoCo

Two Hundred Years Behind What? – George Weigel, On the Square

Not All Turkey and Touchdowns – Thomas S. Kidd, TIC

Bruce Frohnen on Social and Economic Conservatives – Kevin Lee, Mirror of Justice

The Next Republican Nominee – Daniel Larison

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Keeping the Youth, From a Youth’s Perspective – Byz. Bandit, WUStI (EC)

Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue Joint Statement On Importance of Sunday – CO

Mother Maryam Zakka on Combatting Distracting Thoughts – NoAO (OX)

Godless Morality – Glory to God For All Things (OX)

Bl. Leonid Feodorov – Marie Smith, The Saints of the Faith (EC)

Paths To the Heart – Ric Ballard, East. Cath. Spir. Renewal (EC)

Rescuing the Art of Ecclesial Embroidery – Hexaemeron (OX)

Fr. Peter Galadza: Optional Celibacy in Eastern Catholic Church – SET (EC)

I Love, Therefore I Am – Met. Kallistos Ware, In Communion (OX)

Mercy As a Way of Life – Journey To Orthodoxy (OX)

Sauron, the Crimson King, and the Apophatic Nature of Evil – AMitCH (OX)

St. Tikhon of Kaluga the Tree-Dweller – John Sanidopolous, Mystagogy (OX)

Legend:

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

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The Massacre at Duffy’s Cut, Anti-Catholicism in 1832 America – Look in the Mirror

Christopher Kaczor on Myths about the Church, Galileo, More – Carl E. Olson, Ign Ins Scp

Philosophy & Immortality of the Soul: New Evangelization Tool – Br. John McCusker OSB

The Gorgeous Music of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church – Jason Liske, Ascn Mt. Crml

At Installation, Bishop Conley Says Holiness Is Key to Church Flourishing – Cth Nws Agn

Requiem for an Ambrosian – Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement

Bourgeois Mentality – New Catholic, Rorate Cæli

First, Prepare for Advent – Aged Parent, The Eye-Witness

Are Catholics Supposed to Abstain from Meat Every Friday? – C. Caridi JCL, Canon Law

Islam’s Rise and the West’s Denial – Catholic World Report

Eugenics, Voluntary and Otherwise – Anna Williams, First Things/First Thoughts

Kansas Court Clerk Fired for Attacking Phill Kline During Hearing – Cher, Life News

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TUESDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Seven Family-Building Strategies for Nurturing Sibling Bonds – Theresa Thomas, ICL™

Why is the Church Political? – Stacy Trasancos PhD, The American Catholic

New Book: Answers to Tough Modern Moral Problems – Carl E. Olson, Ignts Insght Scp

Is Marco Rubio Catholic?  No – Mark Shea, Patheos/Catholic and Enjoying It!

Liturgical Dancer Tests Positive For Performing-Enhancing Drugs – Eye of the Tiber

U. S. Surgeon Gives Hope to Sterilized Men Seeking Wholeness – Peter Baklinski, LfStNs

Advent’s Coming:  Keep It Simple! – Simcha Fisher, National Catholic Register

CD Promoting Latin Liturgy in the Ordinary Form – Sancrucensis

Keeping an Advent Attitude – Marge Fenelon, OSV Newsweekly

Most “Liked” Facebook Bishops – Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia

Russell Kirk On Cultivating a Good Life – Bruce Frohnen

Vatican Dismisses Maryknoll Priest From Order – CNA/EWTN News

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It’s Only Sex, Apparently – Philip Giraldi, TACn

Plantinga Reviews Nagel – Maverick Philosopher

Prisoner Offshoring, or Gaolbalization – Eugene Kontorovich, Volokh

Is This the Double Dip? – Via Meadia

Heads or Tails, the Obama Coalition Wins – Scott Galupo, TACn

US Companies Investments ‘Fall Off Cliff’ – LoCo

Republicans Going Copyleft?! – David Post, Volokh

Are Catholics Scientists? – Rod Dreher

Towards a Better Conservative Foreign Policy – Daniel Larison

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Is Gun Regulation Maturing? – Nicholas Johnson, Liberty Law Blog

The President’s Economic Hype –  Brian Domitrovic, TIC

Britain’s Guardian Jumps on the US Energy Revolution Bus – Via Meadia

Obama: Destroying Hope For Small Business – LC

To the Randians of All Parties – Brian Domitrovic, City Journal

Paul and the Swiss-Cheese Theory of Natural Law – James Rogers, On the Square

A Marriage of Personal Convenience – Bruce Frohnen, TIC [In re: this]

John Tomasi’s Free Market Synthesitis – Eric Mack, Liberty Law Blog

Time for a Little Catholic Action – Brian Douglas, Ethika Politika

Tax Loopholes Alone Can’t Solve Fiscal Cliff – Politico

FPR in NYT – Mark Mitchell, Front Porch Republic

Listening Means (In Part) Knowing Who To Listen To – Pete Spiliakos, PoMoCon

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Latin, Ad Orientem and Problem Priests – Fr. Gary Dickson, Catholic Collar And Tie

The Glee Effect: How America Went Gay – John Stonestreet, LifeSiteNews

Support an Evangelist, Shop Catholic – Patti Maguire Armstrong, Integrated Cthlc Life™

Did an Image of Virgin Mary Appear on Malaysian Hospital Window? – A Reluctant Sinner

St. Felix of Valois and the White Scapular – Matthaeus, Sub Umbra Alarum Suarum

Larry Norman Lead This Man to Catholicism – Dale Ahlquist, Cmng Home Ntwrk Intrntnl

Vladivostok Mission Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary – Jim Graves, Catholic World Report

An Inhuman Economic System – Russell Shaw, Catholic Lane

Whatever Became of “Communio”? – The Motley Monk, The American Catholic

Roy Bourgeois Dismissed from Priesthood for Supporting Priestesses – D. Sadowski

What Does it Mean to “Defrock” a Priest? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law Made Easy

Are Pro-Lifers Racist for Opposing Abortion? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Catholyc Live Aid Concert Event Announced – The Larry D, Acts of the Apostasy

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TUESDAY EUROPE EDITION

Anglo-Catholics, Your Time is Up – Damian Thompson, Daily Telegraph/Holy Smoke

At the E. U., Faithful Christians Need Not Apply? – Austin Ruse, First Things

Fr. Aidan Nichols on the Anglican Ordinariate & the New Evangelization – Shawn Tribe

Physician Defends Maternal Care in Ireland – Michael J. Miller, The CWR Blog

Maternal Mortality. . . – Mac McLernon, Mulier Fortis

Milwall and the New Evangelisation – Fr. Tim Finigan, The Hermeneutic of Continuity

All Eyes on Welby as He Faces Last Showdown on High Priestesses – Jn. Bingham, Tlgrph

The New Archbishop of Canterbury is a Better Class of Etonian – G. Pitcher, Cthlc Hrld

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MONDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Teen “Denied” Confirmation Refused to Be Confirmed! – Thomas Peters, CV/AmP

Can a Priest Administer the Sacrament of Confirmation? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law

Beautiful Requiem Mass at Pantheon for Departed Souls of House of Savoy – Sh. Tribe

Can Saintliness Run through Family Generations, Yes – Paul Radzilowski, Crisis Magazine

The Natural Order of Church & University – Stacy Trasancos PhD, The American Catholic

Seven Questions about the Dominican Rite – Kevin Birnbaum, The Candle

Hurricane Sandy Efforts Move from Relief to Recovery – Carl Bunderson, EWTN News

Dorothy Day, a Bohemian who Believed in Free Love, is a Saint for Our Time – F. Phillips

Angels: 18 Questions from Are They Happy? to Do They Have Bodies? – H. H. Ambrose

Break Me Open: The Discomforts of Evangelization – Stephanie Calls, Ignitum Today

Egypt’s Coptic Pope Enthroned Amid Concern for Christian Minority – Reem Abdellatif

Vid: Scientists Show Consciousness of Man in Persistent Vegetative State – P. Baklinski

Bono Thanks Vatican for Helping with Debt Forgiveness – Catholic News Agency

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Teaser: Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer Documentary

“Syrian Christians in Crossfire, Thousands Without Aid” – BOSNewsLife

Taking Back Sunday – Fr. Peter Preble (OX)

A Working Definition of Evil – Blog of the Dormition (EC)

The Arena: St. Ignatius Brianchaninov’s Councils on Prayer Part 1 – TMB (EC)

New Leader of Egypt Coptic Christians Enthroned – South China Morning Post

Patriarch Kirill: Every Christian Should Visit These Holy Places – Dig. Journal

Protestantism’s Eastern Blind Spot – Dave Brown, Orthocath (OX)

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

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Thinking Rationally About Secession – Bonchamps, The American Catholic

Airfields of Dreams – Steven Malanga, City Journal

Sophomoric Arguments at the Wall Street Journal – John Londregan, Public Discourse

The Temptation of Secular Conservatism – William Doino, On the Square

If Teachers Were Plumbers – Anthony Esolen, Front Porch Republic

A Forward-Thinking Conservatism – Gerald Russello, TIC

Groups Push for Changes to Online Gaming Bill – Politico

HHS Mandate Fight Not Going Away – Donald McClarey, The American Catholic

Schools for Slavery – Ken Masugi, Liberty Law Blog

Conservatism Means Conservation – Roger Scruton, TIC

Republicans Retreat On Copyright Reform? – Via Meadia

The World America Unmade – Richard Gamble, Liberty Law Blog

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Dying Man Finds Miracle in Abandoned Church – KARE11

Cardinal Bertone “Explains” Clerical Garb – Fr. Z’s Blog

Hope and Change at the CCHD – Kathy Schiffer, Patheos/Seasons of Grace

Seven Questions about Sacred Polyphony – Kevin Birnbaum, The Candle

The Lumbering of Leviathan – John P. Hittinger PhD, Truth and Charity Forum

The Historical Roots of 1960s Radicalism – James Kalb, Crisis Magazine

Secularism is Winning, But What is the Prize? – Carl E. Olson, Catholic World Report

Do Converts Have to be Re-baptized? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law Made Easy

The Pew Forum: Catholic’s Views of U.S. Bishops – The Pew Forum

L’Osservatore Romano: Fountainhead of Idiocy – Aged Parent, The Eye-Witness

So-Called “Vegetative” Patient Communicates With Doctors – Steven Ertelt, Life News

FIUV Position Paper: Holy Days of Obligation – Joseph Shaw, Rorate Cæli

A Response to Alex Gibney about Mea Maxima Culpa – David F. Pierre Jr, The CWR Blog

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