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First Links — 10.22.13

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The History of Secrets S. Lochlann Jain, Public Books Oakeshott on Rome and America Elizabeth Corey, Library of Law & Liberty Christianity Is Not Going Away Mark Tooley, Washington Post Cavemen in Condos Rob Moll, Books & Culture Latest Real Jesus Shakes Christianity to Its Very . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 10.21.13

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On Money Richard Lee and April Koh, Yale Logos The Warm Rain Les Murray & Andrew McCulloch, Times Literary Supplement My Dinner with Irving Wilfred M. McClay, Mosaic The Invention of the American South Nick Ripatrazone, Marginalia Why Have Young People in Japan Stopped Having Sex? Abigail . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 10.18.13

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The Distracted Doctor Br. Isaac Augustine Morales, O.P., Dominicana Greek Orthodox Church Against Golden Dawn Demetrios Bathrellos, ABC Religion & Ethics The Next Human Rights Revolution Chen Guangchen, Public Discourse Reclaiming the Novel’s Ambitions Adam Kirsh, City Journal Stay Put, . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 10.17.13

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The Emerging Divide in Evangelical Theology Gerald R. McDermott, Virtue Online Young Marxist Intellectuals Michelle Goldberg, Tablet Art, Change, and Enchantment Carl E. Olson, Ted Gioia & Dana Gioia, Catholic World Report What It Feels Like to Be a Christian Wesley Hill, Christianity Today . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 10.16.13

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Islamofatigue Brendan O’Neill, Telegraph Bohemia at the Bottom of Manhattan Fred Siegel, Weekly Standard Drowning in the Digital Abyss J. Hoberman, New York Review of Books Blog The Dynamic Unity of Conscience Nathaniel Peters, Library of Law & Liberty Kraus and Franzen Eric Banks, . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 10.15.13

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Breakfast with Lucian Cressida Connolly, Spectator Columbus and the Pizza Theory Robert Royal, Catholic Thing Confucianism and Democracy Joel Fetzer & Anthony Gill, Research on Religion Mobility Is No Answer to Dispersion Steve Randy Waldman, Interfluidity The Common Doctor for Common People . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 10.11.13

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The Funeral-Industrial Complex Jessica Mitford, Lapham’s Quarterly Simplicity Without Iconoclasm Duncan Stroik, Sacred Architecture Can We Get Our Heads Around Consciousness? Michael Hanlon, Aeon CGI Apocalypse: The Veiling of Nature Stratford Caldecott, Imaginative Conservative What . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 10.10.13

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Pride and Prejudice in Academiotics Victoria Dailey, New Yorker The New Narcotic Morgan Bennett, Public Discourse The Tyranny of Data Sarah Ngu, Fare Forward The Printing Press and the Reformation Barry Waugh, Reformation21 What Is An American Conservative? Patrick J. Deneen, American Conservative . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 10.9.13

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The Closing of Diane Ravitch’s Mind Sol Stern, City Journal My Hitherto Inadequately Superficial World Scott Dill, Books & Culture The Passion in Multiconfessional Castille Barbara Mujica, Marginalia The U.S.—Vatican Relationship: More Than Meets the Eye Francis Rooney & Gerald . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 10.8.13

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The Government and the Arts David Marcus, Federalist The Communist Party and the Future of Religion in China André Laliberté, Immanent Frame How Europe Abandoned Peace Tony Barber, Financial Times Haunted by Thomas Merton William Van Ornum, Aleteia Iraqi Jewish Treasures in D.C. Lisa . . . . Continue Reading »