During 2011, First Things published over 400 original articles in our On the Square section. The following were the top ten most read:
1. Uncredentialed Wonder , Elizabeth Scalia
2. How to Destroy a Culture in 5 Easy Steps , Joe Carter
3. The Fountainhead of Satanism , Joe Carter
4. Palin and the Prudes , Elizabeth Scalia
5. Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Aquinas: An Imagined Encounter , J. Augustine Di Noia, O.P.
6. Moments After America , Elizabeth Scalia
7. Gosnell Headlines? Gone, Baby, Gone! , Elizabeth Scalia
8. A Journalism Lesson for the New Yorker , Joe Carter
9. The Terrifying Tim Tebow , Elizabeth Scalia
10. Aggie Catholic Renaissance , George Weigel
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