First Links — 1.15.13

In Praise of Cigarettes
Sam Rocha

Testaments to Secular Exhaustion
Scott Stephens, ABC Religion & Ethics

The End of the Boomer Dream
Michael Winerip, New York Times

“Too Much” C. S. Lewis?
Joel J. Miller, Patheos

Misquoting Thérèse of Lisieux
Kathleen Burke, Altcatholicah

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