First Links — 10.1.12

Offensive Speech in New York City
Mark L. Movsesian, Center for Law & Religion Forum

Masters, Messiahs, and Tricksters
Philip Jenkins, RealClearReligion

The James Cult
Joseph Epstein, New Criterion

Who Watches the Drones?
Omar S. Bashir, Foreign Affairs

Transubstantiation and Aristotle’s Ten Categories
Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

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