CULTURE OF LIFE // Texas officially kicks Planned Parenthood out of the Medicaid program. http://cvote.it/2h8nnqT
TRANSITION 2017 // He opposed Trump from the start, but this conservative admits: “Donald Trump’s Cabinet is awesome.” http://cvote.it/2h8tBHg
POLITICS 2016 // From TV to fundraising to making news, the political “rules” changed dramatically in 2016. Political analyst Michael Barone has a must-read article. http://cvote.it/2h8p4Vb
POLITICS 2020 // In the next election the question is whether it will be easier for Trump to placate educated suburbanites or for Democrats to heal their estrangement from rural white voters. http://cvote.it/2h8j8f9
ABORTION // Actress and producer Lena Dunham is setting yet another precedent for abortion-obsessed Hollywood: wishing for the opportunity to have had an abortion. http://cvote.it/2h8njaL
CULTURE // Over at the CV Blog, Kate O’Hare talks about the problems in Hollywood with distributing the movie about abortionist Kermit Gosnell. http://cvote.it/2h8vXpF
CATHOLIC // Star soccer player to become Dominican priest. http://cvote.it/2h8vtzL
ON THIS DAY // 1988 – Terrorists destroy Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland, killing 270 people. http://cvote.it/1Nxh1di
SAINT // Saint Peter Canisius – http://cvote.it/2h0CKlh
DAILY READINGS // Today’s readings – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
TRUTH // Unplug this Christmas season. Enjoy your family. http://cvote.it/2h8ucbS