Thursday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Bruce Rittenhouse on how to create jobs: "Unemployment is a human crisis. Yet the Obama administration, Congress and the Fed mostly act like it's not their problem." (subscription required)

• Bromleigh McCleneghan reviews Tom Perrotta's Rapture novel (subscription required)

• Steve Thorngate on Paul Ryan's congressional district

• Health care and the Cheesecake Factory

• A video of yesterday's Dream Relief Workshop in Chicago

In the news:

• Amish-Mennonite pastor convicted of abetting kidnapping
• N.Y. Cardinal Timothy Dolan defends Obama invitation to Al Smith Dinner
• Poll: Religious groups divided on gun control, but united against guns in churches
• Paul Ryan, Joe Biden: A tale of two Catholics
• Motive unknown in shooting at Family Research Council headquarters