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A version of the long-expected farm bill has passed the House of Representatives. This piece sees the bill as an indicator of a good trend for Congress. Meanwhile, snow has…

“But would the father have the heart to work if he didn’t have his children? If it weren’t for the sake of his children. And in winter when he works…

The news has been abuzz recently with Pope Francis's comments that the internet could be utilized to encourage community. Meanwhile, this piece looks for a silver lining in a study…

According to this piece, American presidents may be becoming more polarizing. Also on the political front, the legally powerless Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board considers NSA phone record collection illegal.…

“I am Aeneas, duty-bound, and known Above high air of heaven by my fame, Carrying with me in my ships our gods Of hearth and home, saved from the enemy.”…

This piece indicates that President Obama has recently scheduled a meeting with Pope Francis. Meanwhile, this article describes how food hubs help novice farmers turn a profit, thus encouraging local…

If you've not yet read Jeremy Beer's piece over at Anamnesis on "Communio, Economics, and the Anthropology of Liberalism" - well, what are you waiting for? Get thee and read posthaste.

This week, in Strasbourg, there was a fine and frank denunciation of the European Union by Nigel Farage, British member of the European Parliament.  Developments across the Atlantic mirror the…

If the assessment in this piece is correct, President Obama won't shy away from using executive orders to implement his agenda for the year. Meanwhile, legislators in Washington state have they're…

“At the very moment when the vine has shed Its latest leaves and the cold north wind has shaken The glory from the woods, at that same moment The lively…

According to this piece, Congress has recently devised a compromise government funding bill. At the same time, the institution seems to be entertaining the notion of moving on the long-discussed…

According to this interesting piece, school closings in response to the dreaded polar vortex demonstrate that "today we're all wimps." Meanwhile, British cabinet member Owen Patterson recently urged the U.K.…

“Here for the first time he took heart to hope For safety, and to trust his destiny more Even in affliction.” The Aeneid, I, Virgil The great city of Troy…

As I write this, it's cold. On the political front, this piece tells that the Senate recently propelled a unemployment benefit extension past a key procedural vote. Meanwhile, The Weekly…

This article reports on the continuing saga of legal challenges to NSA data collection. In other court news, as the Affordable Care Act goes into effect, Justice Sotomayor has issued…

"On New Year's Eve, at about quarter to twelve o'clock at night, the master of the house and all that are with him go about from room to room opening…

Happy New Year! Tomorrow, the Affordable Care Act takes full effect. In other news, this piece looks at Census Bureau statistics and analyzes population shift in the States. The article…

Merry Christmas! Last week, the FDA issued a message concerning the new food safety regulations. Meanwhile, this piece speculates about the fate of specialty crops under a new farm bill.…

In practicing the rites of worship men hope that they will be vouchsafed a share in the superhuman abundance of life. From time immemorial, this very thing has always been…

The good folks at Mackinaw Valley Institute ponder the passage of time and the provisioning of shelter, as people travel from place to place, needing to find a home in…

Late last week, Pope Francis gave an interview. Among other things, the Pope defended himself from the charge of being a Marxist. In other news, Target confirmed this morning that…

How we observe Christmas has a real urgency; at issue is our happiness, and even our sanity. So Belloc argues in A Remaining Christmas. I reflect on his profound essay at Aleteia, Why Christmas…

This week's news is mostly on the political front. A budget deal seems ready to go through the Senate, wrapping up the congressional conflict from earlier this year. But another…

Hillsdale, Mich. Jack Rakove reviews Yuval Levin's The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left (finder's fee to John Fea) and can't figure out…