During 2011, First Things published (so far) 1,595 blog posts on First Thoughts. The following were the top ten most read*:
1. Amish Against Orange Produces Greatest Mugshot Ever , Joe Carter
2. Thoughts on the Penn State Scandal , Joe Carter
3. The Gurkha and the Forty Thieves , Joe Carter
4. Americans Believe There Are More Homosexuals in the U.S. Than There Are Catholics , Joe Carter
5. The Highway Department Has Some Explaining To Do , Joe Carter
6. Haunted by a Phantom Heresy , Matthew Cantirino
7. 13th Zodiac Sign Discovered: Jokesonyouicus , Anthony Sacramone
8. Yes, Evangelicals, There Really Is a Hell , Joe Carter
9. The World’s Most Expensive Photograph is Very Orange and Slightly Overpriced , Joe Carter
10. Why Are Catholics Swimming the Cumberland? , Joe Carter
* “Thirty Three Things” post and reprints of posts from previous years were excluded.
