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First Links — 3.19.13

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Here Come the Radicals! Matthew Lee Anderson, Christianity Today Pope Francis’ Mass Appeal Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs Art and Friendship Elliot Milco, Fare Forward Hart Has Reasons that Reason Cannot Know Thaddeus J. Kozinski, Ethika Politika Hawthorne and the American Unconscious Micah . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 3.18.13

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Why Was Cranmer Burnt? Rev. Peter Robinson, The Continuum The Democratic Party and the Postwar American Novel Len Gutkin, Democracy A Response to R. J. Snell on Natural Law Thaddeus J. Kozinski, Anamnesis Pope Francis’ Economics Joe Carter, Acton Institute The Ignatius-Francis Connection Tim . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 3.15.13

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This Is You on the Wrong Side of History Anthony Sacramone, Intercollegiate Review New Shepherd, Same Wandering Flock Mary Eberstadt, Time The Case for Guarded Traditionalist Optimism Kevin, Common Sense Catholicism Hamlet the Hero? Mitchell Kalpakgian, Crisis Bulgarians Commemorate Rescue of Jews . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 3.14.13

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Quiet Thunder in Argentina Jose Maria Poirier, Catholic Herald Three Keys to Pope Francis Edward Mulholland, Zenit What the Pope Really Is for Catholics Lorenzo Albacete, Il Sussidiario A Friend to Argentine Anglicans George Conger, Anglican Ink In Papal Elections, Are Longshots the Rule? David . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 3.13.13

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“This Isn’t Politics” Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia Defining Bullying Down Emily Bazelon, New York Times Is N. T. Wright a Threat to Classical Protestantism? Andrew Fulford, The Calvinist International Predictably Unpredictable: The Free Exercise Clause Marc DeGirolami, . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 3.12.13

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A Darwinist Mob Goes After a Serious Philosopher Leon Wieseltier, New Republic A To-Do List for the Conclave Julieanne Dolan, Wall Street Journal What Is This ‘New Evangelization,’ Anyway? John L. Allen, National Catholic Reporter The “Neo” in Neoliberalism Michael W. Clune, . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 3.11.13

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Re-dating Lewis’ Conversion Alister McGrath, ABC Religion & Ethics The Orthodox Surge David Brooks, New York Times Cardinal Gibbons and the Stormy Conclave of 1903 Donald R. McClarey, American Catholic If the Church Is Hypocritical, Is Anyone Else Guilty? Tom Wright, Guardian The War on . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 3.8.13

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The Light’s Still Burning James S. Spiegel, Books & Culture Liberals, Conservatives, and the New Orthodoxy David G. Bonagura, Jr., Catholic Thing Captivity and Freedom Dave Gregory, The Ignatian Educator Social Change Didn’t Kill the Romantic Comedy Noah Millman, American . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 3.7.13

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Loving Milton Colin Burrow, London Review of Books Reading Dorothy Sayers in Lent Gilbert Meilaender, Touchstone Where Was Peter When Paul Wrote Romans? Mark Shea, National Catholic Register A Reminder About “Literally” David Haglund, Slate New Bloomberg Campaign: Wait ‘Til . . . . Continue Reading »