LIFE // Judicial activism strikes again: A federal judge blocked an Ohio state law cutting off funding to Planned Parenthood because it would cause “irreparable injury.” The state’s attorney said that no entity has a constitutional right to receive public money. http://cvote.it/2aKKoyF
CORRUPTION // Here’s a look at five Clinton friends who got special State Department access. http://cvote.it/2aKL7Ql
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY // Despite a Supreme Court order seeming to protect its religious freedom, the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh says the federal government continues to exert strong pressure to force contraceptives into its health care plans. http://cvote.it/2aMal0T
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY // What conservatives did to pull off religious liberty win in California. http://cvote.it/2aMbm92
OLYMPICS // The IRS to Olympians: Congratulations! Now pay up. http://cvote.it/2aKGE0b
CATHOLIC // Sale of saint relics on eBay sparks Catholic outcry. http://cvote.it/2aKLryu
ON THIS DAY // 1914 – The Panama Canal is open to traffic. http://cvote.it/2aKHHNA
SAINT OF THE DAY // Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary – http://cvote.it/Daily-Saint
DAILY READINGS // Today’s readings – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
BEAUTY // It took Titian two years (1516–1518) to complete his Assunta, but it established him as the preeminent painter north of Rome.