First Links — 2.2.12

The Fight After Komen Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, Christianity Today Christian Fears in Arab Spring Oren Dorell and Sarah Lynch, USA Today Conservatives and Poverty Ryan T. Anderson, Public Discourse WA Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill Rachel La Corte, Associated Press Contraception Mandate Not Just a . . . . Continue Reading »

A New Tower of London

If the first wave of New Atheism was excessively strident, the second wave is shaping up to be unbearably sentimental. Alain De Botton, a Swiss-British television personality who has recently been selling something called “Atheism 2.0” at tech conferences, has begun planning and . . . . Continue Reading »

On the Square Today

George Weigel on religious seekers versus finders : On the Solemnity of the Epiphany, I heard a sermon—a rather well-delivered one at that—about the Magi as religious “seekers.” The same note, I’ll wager, was struck from pulpits and ambos across the country, perhaps across . . . . Continue Reading »