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Am down<\/strong> with a bad<\/em> headcold today, but wanted to share some year-end lists. Check back again, as I will add more \u201ctop ten lists\u201d as I find them. Why do we do these lists, anyway? Is it part of \u201cour pagan ritual\u201d<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Look here tomorrow for my predictions for 2011; for now here are NRO\u2019s<\/a>:<\/p>\n

First Things Lists<\/strong> its 25 Most Popular Articles<\/a> from this year\u2019s On The Square column. Hey, I\u2019m in there!
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\nAt Patheos:<\/strong> a look at their \u201cbest of\u201d<\/a>. I\u2019m very happy to see<\/a> the \u201cHabit<\/a> of Witness<\/a>\u201d series<\/a> included, but for my money this was the most moving and wise<\/a> piece of the year.<\/p>\n

Jim Geraghty:<\/strong> What are you \u201cfinished with\u201d after 2010<\/a>? Bein\u2019 nice. I\u2019m finished with bein\u2019 nice. Next year, I\u2019m gonna bring the pain! :-)<\/p>\n

Emily Miller:<\/strong> Tea Party Dominates Politicians Top Ten<\/a><\/p>\n

OSV:<\/strong> The 8 Top Stories<\/a> of the year. Written before the snow<\/a>, obviously.<\/p>\n

Top Ten<\/strong> Religious Books<\/a> of the year.<\/p>\n

Michelle Malkin:<\/strong> Top 10 Nannies<\/a><\/p>\n

The<\/strong> headline of the year?<\/a><\/p>\n

Top ten:<\/strong> Viral Videos<\/a>; I was just thinking about the Dobson one the other day!<\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> The Top Ten Everything<\/a><\/p>\n

Robert Reilly:<\/strong> 2010 in Music<\/a><\/p>\n

Top Ten<\/strong> stories touching on religion<\/a> in 2010<\/p>\n

Eric Sammons:<\/strong> Looks at his ten most popular posts<\/a> for the year.<\/p>\n

Man of the Year:<\/strong> Sandro Magister says it\u2019s Benedict XVI, for his homilies, alone!<\/a><\/p>\n

Random stuff:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Top Government Interference:<\/strong> It may well end up being this<\/a><\/p>\n

A better way<\/strong> for new year\u2019s<\/a><\/p>\n

Fascinating:<\/strong> A comparative study of 3 manuscripts of the Rule of St. Benedict<\/a> for women.<\/p>\n

Benedictine Nuns, UK:<\/strong> Top Nun iPhone apps<\/a><\/p>\n

A suggestion for 2011:<\/strong> Drop the bipartisan mush<\/a>? Hmmm.<\/p>\n

Jonah Goldberg:<\/strong> The Rise of the Gay Bourgeois<\/a><\/p>\n

Mark Shea:<\/strong> Called and chosen<\/a><\/p>\n

Joe Carter:<\/strong> When Nothing Created Everything<\/a><\/p>\n

All I know is<\/strong> I am longing for baseball<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Catholicism:<\/strong> on the edge of a Demographic Precipice<\/a>. I\u2019m not unduly concerned. All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.<\/p>\n

City Journal:<\/strong> The Original Birth of Freedom<\/a><\/p>\n

Science:<\/strong> Relationships are better if if you wait to have sex<\/a>. Makes sense to me.<\/p>\n

Endnote<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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