Christianity in China from Get Religion. “80 million members would mean there are now more Christians than Communists in China.”

Pages Turned blogs about her favorite TV series, Alias Smith and Jones. And Ambra Nykol praises The Cosby Show as “one of the greatest television shows ever created.” I must say that both series are among my favorites, and FYI The Cosby Show, first season, is now available on DVD.

Phil is taking nominations at Collected Miscellany for the Best Book(s) of 2005. I nominated two books, both fiction: Acts of Faith by Philip Caputo and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. I think both of them were published in 2005.

The Anchoress discusses Catholic doctrine and teaching regarding contraception and children.