Blog Roundup: Terrence Malick, Anti-Semites, Even More Puritans

Over at Postmodern Conservative , Pete Spiliakos is still pondering the problems Scott Walker 2016 may face.

Peter Leithart is reading about: the Puritans (more here ), ecclesiology .

Tips from Dr. Boli : “An ordinary automobile will consume 6% less fuel if you name it Jeremy.”

Here at First Thoughts , David Mills has some words for the people who are just asking questions (that for some reason are always about Jews). And Carl R. Trueman asks : “Is journalism no longer considered a legitimate Christian calling?”

And On the Square today, George Weigel praises Peter Flanigan, while Justin E. H. Smith thinks Terrence Malick is a little too mainstream.

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