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