First Links — 1.3.12

Arab Democracy Best Bet for Muslim Reformation
Wall Street Journal , Matthew Kaminski

Iowa’s “Uneducated Jesus Freaks”
Get Religion , Mollie Ziegler Hemingway

Leave the Christ in Christmas & the Lennon in Lennon
CNN, Stephen Prothero

2011 in Charts
The Economist

Divorce Rate for Enlisted Women More than Twice National Average
USA Today , Gregg Zoroya

British Argument for Marriage Tax Credit
Telegraph , David Green

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