First Links — 1.2.13

“I Must Watch Over You”: On Familial Responsibility
Carrie Frederick Frost, The Clarion Review

Brutal Presbyterian Disunity
John Turner, The Anxious Bench

Durkheim, Faith, and Sensibility
Gordon Lynch, The Guardian

Splitting the Difference on Illegal Immigration
Peter Skerry, National Journal

George Will on Religion and Politics
Michael Moreland, Mirror of Justice

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