January 30, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/30/2015 (Extra)

The Book of Judges - Richard Reinsch, Liberty Law Blog

Ignorance of Economics Is No Excuse - David Boaz, Cato

Originalism and Comparative Constitutional Law - Mike Rappaport, Liberty Law Blog

When Bread Bags Weren't Funny - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg

Cutting Spending Is the Best Approach - Nicole Keading, Cato

Banning ‘Fifty Shades’ Will Not Make Anyone More Moral - Georgi Boorman, The Federalist

Higher Education and the Long Arm of the Law, Part I - Joseph Knippenberg, Liberty Law Blog

The Scott Walker Racial Rorschach Test - Heather Wilhelm, The Federalist

Agency Settles After Impersonating Woman on Facebook - Jordan Richardson, The Daily Signal

Stigmata of Degeneration - Dennis Durst, Nomocracy in Politics


CathCon Daily - 1/30/2015

Oil Price Plunge Won’t Cause Russia or Iran to Capitulate - Ted Carpenter, Cato

The Philosophy of War and Peace - Robert Cheeks, The Imaginative Conservative

Senate Passes Bill to Approve Keystone XL Pipeline - Paul Knappenberger, Cato

Yes, Political Correctness Really Exists - Samuel Goldman, American Conservative

America’s Home-Made Art - Bill Kauffman, American Conservative

Obama Loads Taxes on the Middle Class - Grover Norquist, Human Events

Why I Hate Taxes and Tax Collectors! - Mark Skousen, Human Events

Tim Ryan: “Why I changed my thinking on abortion” - Deacon Kendra, Patheos

The End Of Blogging - Noah Millman, American Conservative

Conflicted on 529s - Neal McCluskey, Cato

Uncomfortable Dynamism or Cozy Stagnation? - James Pethokoukis, AEI

Sarah Palin’s Untimely Public Demise - Stella Morabito, The Federalist

Secession Begins at Home - Jeff Deist, Mises

Give Sarah Palin A Break - Christian Toto, The Federalist

An Epic Fail from the New York Times - Ike Brannon, The Weekly Standard

All Creation Redeemed and at Prayer - Michael Novak, Coming Down to Earth

What We Don’t Know Just Might Kill You - Jennifer Lahl, Public Discourse


January 29, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/29/2015

The Role of 'Permissive Natural Law' - Bruce Frohnen, Nomocracy in Politics

Public Sector Millionaires - Theodore Dalrymple, Liberty Law Blog

Defamatory Selma - Carl Eric Scott, NRO

Deeper Red State Cuts Under Obama? - Andy Sullivan, Reuters

Don’t Hate Chris Kyle—or the Iraqis - Jack Hunter, American Conservative

Unfunded Future Forgiveness - John O. McGinnis, Liberty Law Blog

Lawyers, Faith, and the Common Good - James Conley, Public Discourse

Every Reader of TIC Should Know about JMS - Bradley Birzer, The Imaginative Conservative

In Defense of Sarah Palin - Mark Hemingway, Weekly Standard

Rethinking Currency Manipulation - Daniel R. Pearson, Cato

Rand Paul Slams Federal Reserve’s Secrecy - Ben Smith, Daily Signal

Bike Highways Aren't Any Better for City Streets - Jonathan Coppage, American Conservative

Fifty Shades: Now On Sale At Target - D.C. McAllister, The Federalist

In Defense Of A ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ Reboot - David Harsanyi, The Federalist

MN tries alternative teachers - Tom Steward, Human Events


January 28, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/28/2014

Moving Money Around Won’t Make Us Richer - Peter St. Onge, Mises

Public Chastity, Private Chaos - Mark Regnerus, First Things

White House Changes Course on 529 Plans - Kate Scanlon, Daily Signal

Challenging Unjust Laws - Russell Nieli, Public Discourse

Originalism: Pro Same-Sex Marriage - Ilya Somin, Volokh

Originalism: Pro Same-Sex Marriage? - Orin Kerr, Volokh

Defense Against Demagogues - Walter Williams, Human Events

Owning Ideas - John Stossel, Human Events

Democrat Opposition to Keystone Pipeline? - Donald Lambro, Human Events

Keeping Faith With Democracy in Divorce-Prone World - Adam Gurri, The Federalist

Pence's Alternative Medicaid Expansion - John Davidson, The Federalist

Why Does Mike Pence Hate The Working ‘Poor’? - Joy Pullman, The Federalist

Taxing Us to Spy on Us - Chris Edwards, Cato





January 27, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/27/2015 (Extra)

After the Mirage - Aaron Renn, City Journal

Obama’s Nod to Crony Philanthropy - Lenore Early, Liberty Law Blog

The DEA Is Spying on Millions of Cars - Maisie Allison, American Conservative

Language Policing Doesn't Pervert Liberalism, It Is Liberalism - Sean Davis, The Federalist

Eggstraterrritorial Federalism - Michael Greve, Liberty Law Blog

The Strange Case of Bisphenol-A - Peter Roff, TWS

Will China Help End U.S. Farm Subsidies? - K. William Watson, Cato

Ramsey and Tillman on the Receive Ambassadors Clause - Mike Rappaport, Liberty Law Blog

Nonsense on "60 Minutes" - George Weigel, First Things


CathCon Daily - 1/27/2015

Repointing the Constitution - The Hon. Janice Rogers Brown, Heritage

Connecticut's Homeschool Hokum - Matthew Hennessey, City Journal

Free-Market Capitalism and Nasty Economic Shocks - James Pethokoukis, AEI

Limits on Asset Forfeiture Policy - Ilya Somin, Volokh

Pedophile Rings in Thatcher's Britain? - Philip Jenkins, American Conservative

The NYT and Free Market Capitalism - James Pethokoukis, AEI

Deficit Will Exceed $1 Trillion by End of Decade - Romina Boccia, The Daily Signal

Operation Choke Point and Gun Manufacturers - Kelsey Harkness, The Daily Signal

Global Warming Makes Blizzards Worse? - Knappenberger & Michaels, Cato

Marquette and L'Affair McAdams - Howard Kainz, The Catholic Thing

Whistleblowers and the TSA - Peter Van Buren, American Conservative

The Shrinking American Middle Class - Maisie Allison, American Conservative

Random Thoughts - Thomas Sowell, Human Events

Resist or Accommodate Evil: There is No "Third Way" - Jeffrey Ventrella, Public Discourse




January 26, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/26/2015

To Go Deeper into the Life of Christ - Fr. C. John McCloskey, The Catholic Thing

Hardhats, Not Nerds - Joel Kotkin, New Geography

Sneakily Restrict Fracking, Drilling - Stephen Moore, Daily Signal

Same False Claim About Citizens United - Hans Spakovsky, The Daily Signal

Update the Tax Code? - Ed Feulner, Daily Signal

The Heart of Music - Roger Scruton, Imaginative Conservative

Debates, Not Game Shows - Myron Magnet, City Journal

Tertullian: A Model for Satirists - Anthony Sacramone, The Imaginative Conservative

Why Private-Sector Services Seem to Be More Expensive - Predrag Rajsic, Mises

The Immunity Community - Allen Mendenhall, Nomocracy in Politics

Heredity Candidates and Campaign Finance Regulation - John O. McGinnis, Liberty Law Blog

Small is Bountiful - Maisie Allison, American Conservative

Scott Walker, Consensus Conservative? - W. James Antle, American Conservative

Valuation of Notre Dame Football - Paul Dykewicz, Human Events

Unease with Microsoft's Hololens - Media, NYT

Vermont's Sanders Has Mountains to Climb - George Will, Human Events

The United States’ Unwritten Blasphemy Laws - Brandon McGinley, The Federalist

Constitutional Rights and Wrongs - Corbin & Parks, The Federalist

American Colleges Have Lost Their Way - Daniel Payne, The Federalist

Here Come the Irish: Notre Dame Marches for Life - O. Carter Snead, Public Discourse


January 24, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/24/2015

Easy Money and Crony Capitalism - Brendan Brown, Mises

When Artists Fear Their Audience - Franklin Einspruch, City Journal

Government spending multipliers in good times and in bad - Ramey & Zubairy, VoxEU

Restore Marriage and the Family - Collette Coprara, The Daily Signal

Downplaying Doctrine - James Kalb, The Imaginative Conservative

Will the 2015 Synod Bury Church Teaching on Contraception? - Father Mark Pilon, Catholic Thing

The Witness of Alec Guinness - Dwight Longenecker, The Imaginative Conservative

Forced Baking 2.0 - Andrew Walker, First Things


January 23, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/23/2015

Bias in the Implementation of Sexual Assault Laws - Mike Rappaport, Liberty Law Blog

GOP Catastrophe on Abortion Bill - Rod Dreher, American Conservative

Onward for Life: Why We March - Sarah Torre, The Daily Signal

Banning Smoking in Private Homes - Jesse Hathaway, Human Events

Sheldon Silver and the Price of Doing Science - Walter Olson, Cato

Neutral Principles in Campaign Regulation - John McGinnis, Liberty Law Blog

Making a Bipartisan Case for Common Sense - Robert Moffit, Daily Signal

Making Community College Free - Peter Lawler, The Imaginative Conservative

Prohibit Federal Funds From Paying for Abortion? - Melissa Quinn, The Daily Signal

Right to "Personal Recreation"? - Wesley Smith, First Things

Usury and Feneration - David Warren, The Catholic Thing

Constitutionality of Conjugal Marriage Laws - Robert George, Mirror of Justice

Love & Republicanism in Lvóv - Peter Rieth, The Imaginative Conservative

Against terrorism — but for what? - Patrick Buchanan, Human Events


January 22, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/22/2015

Reforming the Administrative State Is a Game of Inches - Michael Greve, Liberty Law Blog

Why Administrative Law ‘Reform’ Is a Bad Idea - Bruce Frohnen, Nomocracy in Politics

Conservatism Can Win More People Over Than You Think - Lukas & Higgins, The Weekly Standard

Abortion and Magical Thinking - Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

The Triumph of His Will - Ken Masugi, Liberty Law Blog

Why We Should Call Ourselves Christians - David Conway, Nomocracy in Politics

Gas is Cheaper than Many Other Liquids - Mark Perry, AEI

The Mushrooming Welfare State - George Will, Human Events

Fact Checking Obama’s Jobs Claims - Sherk, et. al., The Daily Signal

Average Annual Defense Spending by Administration - Christopher Preble, Cato

Racial Discrimination When You Didn’t Intend To? - Hans von Spakovsky, The Daily Signal

Legally Accurate Protest Chants Against Citizens United - Orin Kerr, Volokh

Women Still...Support 20-Week Abortion Ban - Katrina Trinko, The Daily Signal

Nature’s Way to Cut Government Waste - Stephen Masty, The Imaginative Conservative

Is Big Pharma Breaking Your Uterus? - Katy French Talento, The Federalist

If the GOP Can't Pass a Late Term Abortion Bill.... - David Harsanyi, The Federalist

Terrified By The GOP’s Abortion Bill Debacle - Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist

Why We Must Fight for the Inviolability of Life - Christopher Kaczor, Public Discourse






January 21, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/21/2015

Love as Passion and Virtue - Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing

Pope Fallible on Climate Change - Patrick J. Michaels, Cato

What the Fed Should Say This Month - William Poole, Cato

U.S. Returns Magna Carta to England - Kevin Kosar, The Weekly Standard

Oxford and the Crisis of the University - Dennis Prager, Human Events

A Tale of Two Very Different Cities - Heather Mac Donald, City Journal

Abolish the State of the Union Address - Greg Weiner, Liberty Law Blog

Some Thoughts on Holt v. Hobbs - Richard Garnet t, MoJ

Old Complaints about New Technology - John McGinnis, Liberty Law Blog

Disability Insurance is Hitting the Wall - Charles Blahous, Economics 21

Remembering the 1920s - Thomas Woods, The Imaginative Conservative

Fiorina Could Bring ‘Different Voice’ to Race for President - Ken McIntyre, Daily Signal

President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union Address - Barack Obama, Daily Signal

Full Text of Republican Response to State of the Union - Daniel Halper, Weekly Standard

Europe and Nothingness - George Weigel, First Things

Sex Education in America - Valerie Huber, Public Discourse

I’m Sick Of Being Insulted By The President - Joy Pullmann, The Federalist

Mr. President, Dads Are Parents, Too - Nicole Russell, The Federalist



January 20, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/20/2015

Markets Restrain Bank Fraud, But Central Banks Enable It - Frank Shostak, Mises Daily

The Declaration...and the U.S. Constitution - Mike Rappaport, Liberty Law Blog

Dual-Status’ Kids and Double Jeopardy - Gary Gately, CPI

Reconsidering Locke and the Origins of Modernity - David Azerrad, Public Discourse

Saving General Lee - Stephen Klugewicz, The Imaginative Conservative

Catholicism Before and After 1963 - Gerald Russello, First Things

The Ideal Communist City - Alicia Kurimski, The New Geography

Judicial Activism - Peter Augustine Lawler, NRO

Are You a Bad Teacher? - Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg, The Imaginative Conservative

Diversity in Action - Thomas Sowell, Human Events

Forgive Student Loans And End Further Subsidies - Daniel Oliver, The Federalist

Don’t Pick Political Fights With Pope Francis - Rachel Lu, The Federalist

High Court Ruling On Same-Sex Marriage Won’t End Debate - Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist




January 19, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/19/2015 (Extra)

Liars’ Remorse - William Voegeli, The Weekly Standard

Our Parties, Part One - Harvey Mansfield, City Journal

“A Plan of Surpassing Beauty” - James V. Schall, The Catholic Thing

State of the Union Symposium - Editors, AEI

Thinking Like Sorokin - Robert Benne, First Things

Orion and Modern Man - Thomas Peters, First Things

Mitt’s Third Run Would Be No Charm - George Will, Human Events

Sexual Assault and Justice - Nancy Gertner, American Prospect


CathCon Daily - 1/19/2015

People Have More Money? Let’s Tax It! - John P. Cochran, Mises

Dietrich von Hildebrand’s Battle against Hitler - Marshall DeRosa, Nomocracy in Politics

Union...Ignoring State Law? - Andrew Staub, The Daily Signal

What’s the Real Story on Marriage and Family Trends? - Rachel Sheffield, The Daily Signal

Can New York City Be Policed? - Bruce Frohnen, The Imaginative Conservative

Sainthood and Stoicism - Erasmus, The Economist

Making Money is Patriotic - Joshua de Gastyne, Intercollegiate Review

Roe v. Wade: An Impeachable Offense? - Corbin & Parks, The Federalist

The Most Dishonest Year on Record - Robert Tracinski, The Federalist


January 18, 2015

January 16, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/15/2015 (Extra)

Watchers of the Sky - Matthea Brandenburg, Acton

Five Rounds With Harry Jaffa - Charles Kesler, The Federalist

The End of American Civic Christianity - Rod Dreher, American Conservative

The Civic Project of American Christianity - Ralph Hanby, First Things

To See Things as They Are - George Weigel, First Things

Christian and Countercultural - Rod Dreher, First Things

Campaign Finance Censors Lose Debate to Reddit - Trevor Burrus, Cato

Obama: Charlie Who? - Charles Krauthammer, Human Events

If 100,000 Jews Leave, France Will No Longer Be France - Laderman & Simms, Liberty Law Blog

We’re the Government. Trust Us. - Michael Greve, Liberty Law Blog

Adam Smith on Infrastructure - Chris Edwards, Cato




CathCon Daily - 1/16/2015

Big Brother Wants to Watch You Drive - Randal O'Toole, Cato

The True Cost of the Homeownership Obsession - Ryan McMaken, Mises

The Pope Weighs in on Charlie Hebdo - Roger Pilon, Cato

College Bubble Closer to Popping - Joy Pullmann, Human Events

Scientific Higher Education in America - Peter Lawler, The Imaginative Conservative

Theology, Science, and Pope Pius XII - Francis J. Beckwith, The Catholic Thing

Cities Where African-Americans Are Doing the Best, Economically - Joel Kotkin, New Geography

Minimum Wage Mythology - Justin Haskins, Human Events

What the Pope Got Wrong About Free Expression - David Harsanyi, Human Events

The Old Testament as Fantasy Literature - Dwight Longenecker, The Imaginative Conservative

Hebdo, Intolerance, and the Problem of Double Standards - Kim Holmes, Public Discourse

Minimum-Wage Laws Are a Triumph of Emotion over Logic - Daniel Mitchell, The Federalist

Humans Have Not Evolved To Handle Modern Dating - Teresa Mull, The Federalist


January 15, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/15/2015

Bureaucratic Bloat in Higher Education - Randall Smith, Public Discourse

Bait & Switch: "Economic Development" in the States - Jeff Scribner, Mises

Manufacturing Equality on Campus - Harvey C. Mansfield, Liberty Law Blog

Higher Minimum Wage Helpful...A Settled Science? - James Pethokoukis, AEI

Trivializing Freedom at Its Source - Robert Reilly, Liberty Law Blog

Free Enterprise in Crisis - James Pethokoukis, AEI

Economic Win-Win for CA - Ed Ring, New Geography

A Partyist Solution to Partyism - John O. McGinnis, Liberty Law Blog

The New "New Orthodoxy" - Wesley Hill, First Things

Understanding New England's Energy Costs - Aaron Renn, New Geography

How Pro-Life Is Your State? - Kate Scanlon, Daily Signal

Ebola, the Slave & the Puritan Preacher - Stephen Masty, The Imaginative Conservative

Private Foundation Denies Crony Philanthropy - Josh Peterson, The Federalist

Foreign Policy Of The First Tea Party President - Angelo Codevilla, The Federalist






January 14, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/14/2015

Of Interest at the Fed - Nicole Gelinas, City Journal

Martin Wolf’s Childlike Regulatory Faith - Alex Pollock, Liberty Law Blog

What ISIS Achieved by Hacking CentCom Twitter - Steven Bucci, The Daily Signal

The Fed: Reality Trumps Rhetoric - Shawn Ritenour, Mises Daily

Policing the World - Walter McDougall, The Imaginative Conservative

Unholy Holidays - Gerald Russello, First Things

Walter Berns (1919–2015) and Harry Jaffa (1918–2015) - The Editors, Intercollegiate Review

Obama Resurgent: What His Popularity Says about Us - Bruce Frohnen, Nomocracy in Politics

Basic Economics - Walter Williams, Human Events

Teach Your Children: Assisted Suicide and My Family - Harold Cassidy, Public Discourse

Disowning the Father - Anthony Esolen, The Catholic Thing


January 12, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/12/2015

A Papal Witness for the Defense - Robert George, Mirror of Justice

A Realistic Democratic Ticket - James Carden, The Imaginative Conservative

Walter Berns, 1919-2015 - William Kristol, Weekly Standard

Them Damn Pictures - Stefan Kanfer, City Journal

George Washington’s Decisive Christmas Attack at Trenton - Kevin Mooney, The Daily Signal

Walter Berns and Harry Jaffa - Peter Lawler, NRO

Ongoing Coverage of the Minimum Wage Issue - Mark Perry, AEI

The Fruit Beyond Mere Utility - Matthew Wilson, The Imaginative Conservative

On Looking for What We Have Been Given - James V. Schall, University Bookman

Asians: America's Fastest Growing Minority - Wendell Cox, City Journal

To Get Up and Go-And Go Again - Lawson Bader, Human Events

Warren...is Wrong About Almost Everything (II) - Patrick Hedger, Human Events

The Mission Creep of Dignity - Mark Regnerus, The Public Discourse

Progressivism or Judicial Review: Choose One - Corbin & Parks, The Federalist


January 10, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/10/2015

Gordon Tullock’s Legacy - Jared Meyer, City Journal

Tyranny of the Minority - Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal

Miraculous Marriage - Donald Devine, Liberty Law Blog

Why Free Community College is Anything But Free - Lindsey Burke, The Daily Signal

Merrie Melodies and Magisterial Authority - Robert George, Liberty Law Blog

It’s My Party. Cry If You Want To. - Michael S. Greve, Liberty Law Blog

The Geography of Differing Income Households - Richard Morrill, New Geography

Progressive Love Affair With Hezbollah - Michael Rubin, AEI

Public Schooling’s Pluralism Problem and the School Choice Solution - Jason Bedrick, Cato

Beauty and the Ideal Man - Jared M. Silva, The Imaginative Conservative

Transhumanism, Freedom, and Coercion - Adam Keiper, The New Atlantis

The American Economy vs. the World's - Irwin M. Stelzer, Weekly Standard

The "Inner Cleveland" of Trendy Cities - John Sanphillippo, New Geography

Fracking, Not Obamacare, Has Helped the Middle Class - James Sherk, The Daily Signal

Highways and the Federal Gas Tax - Chris Edwards, Cato


January 9, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/9/2015

All the President’s Czars - Jeremy Bailey, Nomocracy in Politics

What is the Future for a Post-Liberal Europe? - Richard Reinsch, Liberty Law Blog

Calvary: A Movie Worthy of Love - Peter Lawler, The Imaginative Conservative

Atlanta Fire Chief Fired for Expressing Christian Beliefs - Ryan Anderson, The Daily Signal

The Historical Kevorkian - Wesley Smith, First Things

Charlie Hebdo and #MuslimApologies - Jennifer Bryson, Public Discourse

Europe's Euthanasia Craze - Tom Wilson, First Things

Cuba Is a Food Desert - Carl Eric Scott, NRO

America Divided: Positive vs. Natural Law - Shannon Holzer, The Imaginative Conservative

Fracking Supporters in New York Aren't Giving Up - Rob Nikolewski, The Daily Signal

Leelah’s Law Is Bad Law And Bad Medicine - Stella Morabito, The Federalist

The U.S. Constitution and Religious Liberty - David Limbaugh, Human Events

Here’s What Parents Of Transgender Kids Need To Know - Walt Heyer, Human Events

Warren...is Wrong About Everything (I) - Patrick Hedger, Human Events

Four Reasons To Let ‘Frankenstein’ Remain Fiction - Joy Pullmann, The Federalist

Media Are Censoring Charlie Hebdo Out Of Fear Of Islam - Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist


January 8, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/8/2015 (Extra)

Where Young College Graduates Are Choosing to Live - Claire Cain Miller, NYT

Women, the Pill, and the Sexual Revolution - Angela Franks, Public Discourse

Immigration Policy Based on Conservative Principles? (Part 1) - T. Wier, Intercollegiate Review

Licensing Speech in the Big Easy - Shapiro & Latner, Cato

$5.7 Million Campaign to Encourage 'Safe' Pot Use - David Murray, TWS

Challenging President Obama’s Immigration Action - Ilya Shapiro, Cato

How Much Will Obamacare Fines Continue to Rise? - Kelsey Harris, The Daily Signal

Debating Catholic Social Teaching - Gerald Russello, The Catholic Thing

On Natural Resources - James V. Schall, S.J., The Catholic Thing

The New Encyclical on the Environment - Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

Of Scandal and Catholic Schools - Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing


CathCon Daily - 1/8/2015

Dying for a Cigarette in N.Y. - Ann Coulter, Human Events

My Life with Charlie Hebdo - Eve-Alice Roustang, First Things

The Auto Bailout Warrants No Pride, Mr. President - Daniel J. Ikenson, Cato

Paul Revere and Samuel Adams’ Time Capsule Finally Opened - Kate Scanlon, The Daily Signal

Brave and Transgressive Artists - Eugene Kontorovich, Volokh

Equating Prudence with Cowardice - Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal

Will the Court Give Abood the Boot? - Larry Sand, City Journal

The Potemkin Village of Georgetown - Mark Judge, TNC

Real Women Don't Want a Feminist Boyfriend - D.C. McAllister, The Federalist

Voxsplaining the Charlie Hebdo Massacre - C.J. Ciaramella, The Federalist


January 7, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/7/2014 (Extra)

Two British Sons Of Anarchy Preach To The Millennial Choir - Mark Tapson, The Federalist

Redeeming Shawshank - Dwight Longenecker, The Imaginative Conservative

Liberals' Use of Black People (II) - Walter Williams, Human Events

The Real War on Science - Edward J. Dougherty, Public Discourse

What I’ve Learned From Dropping Fox News - Greg Scandlen, The Federalist

Madonna, It’s Time To Act Your Age - D.C. McAllister, The Federalist

Here’s What You Should Know To Take On Big Gay - Roberto Oscar Lopez, The Federalist



CathCon Daily - 1/7/2015

What’s the Matter with Kansas? - Greg Weiner, Liberty Law Blog

Constraining the Administrative State in the 114th Congress - John McGinnis, Liberty Law Blog

What’s New in the New Political Correctness? - Flagg Taylor, NRO

On Steven Scalise—and Al Sharpton - Dennis Safran, City Journal

Paul Krugman and the Obama Recovery - Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project Syndicate

Auto Industry Bailout Ends - Jesse Hathaway, Human Events

Human Nature and Two Poles - Chase Padusniak, Intercollegiate Review

Saving New England’s Cod Fishery - Peter Van Doren, Cato

The Potential Long-Term Consequences of the Paris Shooting - Marian L. Tupy, Cato

Presidential Libraries: Treason to a Republic - Bradley Birzer, The Imaginative Conservative

De Blasio's Anti-Police Populism - R.R. Reno, First Things

Women of Mockery - Faatimah Knight, First Things




January 6, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/6/2015 (Extra)

Mississippi Lawmakers to Tackle Education, Taxes - Steve Wilson, The Daily Signal

An Introvert's Resolution - Tania Runyan, Patheos

Family Fragmentation: Can Anything Be Done? - Michael Barone, Human Events

The Equality Racket - Thomas Sowell, Human Events

The Mario that Might Have Been - Robert P. George, Public Discourse

Safer Within Intact Marriages - W. Bradford Wilcox, The Federalist

Rolling Stone's Dangerous Cop-Free World - Derek Cohen, The Federalist

The Eight Biggest Myths About The Bible - Boorman & Swingle, The Federalist

Don't Boost Cities by Bashing the Burbs - Joel Kotkin, New Geography


CathCon Daily - 1/6/2015

Pope's Mistaken Calculus on Global Warming - H. Sterling Burnett, Human Events

Ending Broken Windows? - Matthew Hennessey, City Journal

Is Birth Control The Mother Of All Medical Malpractice? - Katy Talento, The Federalist

America Should Not Be the World Police - Walter McDougall, Intercollegiate Review

Somewhere Between Silence and Crudity - Theodore Dalrymple, Liberty Law Blog

Frances' 75 Percent Supertax - James Pethokoukis, AEI

Outrageous Examples of Government Regulators - James Gattuso, The Daily Signal

2015: Year of the Regulator - Lawson Bader, Human Events

Can We Imagine a Humane, Post-Liberal Future? - Patrick Deneen, Religion and Ethics

Is the Faculty of Harvard University Irrational? - Michael F. Cannon, Cato

Liberal Education Liberates - Richard M. Weaver, The Imaginative Conservative








January 5, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/5/2014

The Ten Points of Tolkien’s Politics - Bradley J. Birzer, The Imaginative Conservative

State of Disunion - Steven Malanga, City Journal

Should Music Be Culturally Relevant? - John Kersey, The Imaginative Conservative

Talking About Rape - Gabriella Morrongiello, The Daily Signal

Sin, Virtue, and Calvary - Peter Augustine Lawler, NRO

Now...Wall Street...Gets to Call the Shots - Joel Kotkin, New Geography

Reflections on the Vocation of a Christian Law Professor - John Breen, MoJ

The Myth of Our National Innocence - James Carden, The Imaginative Conservative

Get Ready for a "Quantitative Approach" to Reading - Josh Mayo, First Things

Violence, The Vulnerable, And Hope For 2015 - Mary G. Leary, Mirror of Justice

Medical School Discrimination - Mark J. Perry, AEI

Does Economic Inequality Matter? - Bruce Frohnen, The Imaginative Conservative

Flirting with Death - Richard Doerflinger - Public Discourse




January 3, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/3/2015 (Weekend Edition)

Reducing GDP Increases Economic Growth - Joseph Salerno, Mises

On a Gold Roll - Brian Domitrovic, The Imaginative Conservative

The Admiral of the Atom - Ryan L. Cole, City Journal

Mario Cuomo, Tax Cutter - E.J. McMahon, City Journal

A Strike Against Rent-Seeking - George Will, Human Events

Activists and Historical Ignorance - Larry Elder, Human Events

Social Media Complement Social Life - John McGinnis, Liberty Law Blog

Food and Cancer—A Complicated Relationship - Marian Tupy, Cato

Examples of Real-world Realities vs. Naïve Thinking - Michaels & Knappenberger, Cato

Applying the Tocquevillian Lens to Contraception - Adam Seagrave, The Imaginative Conservative

Surge Pricing and Social Norms - Mike Rappaport, Liberty Law Blog

Bill de Blasio and the Spirit of Revolution - Glenn Sproviero, The Imaginative Conservative

327,653 Abortions in 2013, $528 Million in Taxpayer Funds - Kate Scanlon, The Daily Signal

How the Laffer Curve Changed America’s Economy - Stephen Moore, The Daily Signal

Indiana...Pushing Civics Exam to Graduate High School - Philip Wegmann, The Daily Signal

Medieval Perspective on Identity Politics - Carl Trueman, First Things


January 1, 2015

CathCon Daily - 1/1/2015

The Data Driven Life - Justin Buckley Dyer, Liberty Law Blog

People Against the American Way - Richard Samuelson, Liberty Law Blog

Scalise Story Probably Didn't Happen - John Hayward, Human Events

A Bit of (Un)Common Core Condescension - Max Eden, AEI

Minaj: My Abortion Has ‘Haunted Me All My Life’ - Philip Wegmann, The Daily Signal

A Study in American Decadence - Dwight Longenecker, The Imaginative Conservative

New "Old Fashioned" Shaming - Andrew McCarthy, The New Criterion

Battle of the Titans? Faith, Reason, and Secularism - James Bernard Murphy, Nomocracy

State-Run University Under Fire - Karyn Watson, The Daily Signal

Is Porn to Blame for the Declining Marriage Rate? - Kate Scanlon, The Daily Signal