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CACG Must Reads - December 8, 2011

At Commonweal, E.J. Dionne looks at Obama’s speech:

http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/obamas-new-square-deal


At National Catholic Reporter, Michael Sean Winters asks if immigrants can save Medicare:

http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/can-immigrants-save-medicare


Catholic News Service reports on Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez’s comments at the Durban Conference on climate change:

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1104742.htm


At America, Elizabeth Groppe argues that climate change is a life issue:

http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13163


At the New Yorker, Rick Hertzberg writes about Cong. Barney Frank’s retirement:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/hendrikhertzberg/2011/11/barney-bolts-nation-mourns.html