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First Links — 2.11.13

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Two Cheers for Javert James K. A. Smith, Cardus We’re All Living in Failed Hobbesian States Corey Robin, Jacobin Does It Take a Village? Mary C. Tillotson, Catholic Stand Islam and Constitutionalism Sohail Hashmi, Library of Law & Liberty Why Is There So Little Pro-Life Scholarship? John . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 2.8.13

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The Rocks Don’t Lie Marjorie A. Chan, Books & Culture Liberal Arts in Business? Laura Entis, Inc. Listening for the Jabberwock Tim Parks, New York Review of Books The Relative Absoluteness of Truth Thaddeus Kozinski, Ethika Politika Why Presbyterians Baptize Infants Collin Hansen,  . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 2.7.13

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A Patron Saint for the Idiot Box Stephen Masty,  Imaginative Conservative Christianity: The First Thousand Years Peter J. Leithart,  Gospel Coalition Racing to Save Aramaic Ariel Sabar,  Smithsonian Does the Economy Need Supersized Megabanks? James Pethokoukis,  AEI How I Came . . . . Continue Reading »

Talking to Ourselves

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“It’s getting pretty noisy in here with all of our ‘national conversations,’”  writes Carlos Lozada in the Washington Post . The president loves to call for them, but so do figures from all corners of our public life, like Newt Gingrich and Bill Bennett. And . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 2.6.13

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The New Apologetic Peter Blair, Patheos Hail, Columbia! Aaron M. Renn, City Journal Faith, Wonder, and the Method Joshua Schulz, Front Porch Republic The Value of a Tired Soul Dave Dunham, Gospel Coalition Ed Koch and a Pro-Life Rose Russell D. Moore,  Moore to the Point . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 2.5.13

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Verdi or Wagner? Patrick West, Spiked The Reformation Comes to China Bruce Baugus, Reformation21 When Progressives Wage War on Science Alex Berezow and Hank Campbell, New Scientist Demolishing a Skyscraper to Save a Cathedral Victor Gaetan,  National Catholic Register “So God Made a . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 2.4.13

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Recasting an Agenda for Peace Leslie Vinjamuri, Immanent Frame The Problem of Good Nathaniel Schmucker, Tolle Lege An Iron-Clad Proof of God Rabbi Adam Jacobs, Huffington Post Suffering in Early Protestantism Lauren F. Winner, Books & Culture Culture and Ethnicity in Orthodoxy John R. P. . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 2.1.13

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Glory in Repetition Andre Yee, Desiring God What Was “Pre-Lent”? Shawn Tribe, New Liturgical Movement The Mandate and “State Employers” Joseph Knippenberg, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Stick to the Tortellini, Mr. Bruni Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter The . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 1.31.13

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Russian “Old Believers” Cut Off from Society for Forty Years Mike Dash, Smithsonian Zero Dark Thirty : It’s Time to Get Dogmatic About Torture Slavoj Zizek, Religion & Ethics Jane Austen, Moral Philosopher Thomas Rodham, Philosophy Now The Reformation, Rooted in Tradition . . . . Continue Reading »

First Links — 1.30.13

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Rise of the Policy Wonk Robot Bhaskar Sunkara, In These Times An Activity for Consenting Adults in Private Peter Berger, American Interest The Enduring Legacy of Cato Barry Strauss, City Journal Non-Reporting the March for Life Anthony Esolen,  Crisis Don’t Go to Grad School Marc Eisner, . . . . Continue Reading »