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Daily Must-Reads

By Joseph Lawler on 6.22.09 @ 8:49AM

Smoke 'em if you got 'em because the busybodies in Congress will move heaven and earth to take'em away (Reason)

Lessons from the successful war against terrorism in Sri Lanka (Washington Times)

Poor Democrats. The CBO just had to go and introduce a little reality into their schemes and ruin everything (NY Times)

A profile of the third brother Emanuel -- the one who isn't (as far as we can tell) ruining the country or Hollywood (The New Republic)

A draq-queen Catholic priest has a Billboard dance hit? No, it's just people profiteering through anti-Catholicism again (American Papist)

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Chuck Colson vs. The Fundamentalists

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