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Having the Christmas spirit under the el.

Thom Nickels wrote about Christmas 2022, when he spent some time in Philly’s ground zero in the opioid epidemic and tried to bring a little Christmas cheer to the denizens of K&A with some food, some clothes, and some good wishes. Sometimes any effort feels hopeless, but Thom recalls the words of St. John Chrysostom, who calls us to keep in mind that “need alone is the poor man’s worthiness” and that “we show mercy on him not because of his virtue but because of his misfortune, in order that we ourselves may receive from the Master His great mercy.” Read more at Broad + Liberty. ([link removed])


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Richard Koenig wrote this week on the year that was, looking back on the biggest stories of 2023 ([link removed]) in the Philadelphia area and beyond. There was a lot of crazy news this year, and 2024 is only going to get weirder.

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And looking forward, Erik Telford of the Commonwealth Foundation wrote about some of Governor Josh Shapiro’s catchphrases ([link removed]) , and how he can live up to the rhetoric and the favorable press coverage he’s received in his first year in office.

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From our friends at National Review: Applications for the Spring 2024 Burke to Buckley Programs in Miami, New York, and Philadelphia are now open and the application deadline has been EXTENDED to January 1st.

NRI’s in-person Burke to Buckley Fellowship Program currently operates in Chicago, Dallas, Miami, New York City, and Philadelphia. The program follows a syllabus ([link removed]) that fosters a rigorous examination of conservative principles and how they apply to the issues of the day. For each session of the eight seminars, participants complete a reading assignment that they then discuss over dinner with a leading conservative thinker. The classes are composed of approximately 20 mid-career professionals (between 10 and 25 years of professional work experience). This program is not intended for recent graduates or people working in the fields of public policy or politics. Participants and alumni receive invitations to exclusive networking happy hours and other annual and regional events when they occur. They also receive a complimentary ticket to the Buckley Prize Dinner in the year that they participate in the program.

For information on the NRI Burke to Buckley Dinner-Discussion Series and to apply go here ([link removed]) .

What We’re Reading...
Pennsylvania’s weirdest, tallest senator has been in the news a lot lately — even more than our other senator, who’s actually up for reelection this year. But figuring out John Fetterman is a lot more complicated than we once imagined, and definitely more complicated than figuring out Bob Casey, Jr. Holly Otterbein at POLITICO interviewed the freshman senator ([link removed]) about his first year in office, the Gaza War, and Democrats’ chances in 2024 — an interesting read about our senatorial enigma.

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