First Links — 10.22.12

Fewer Protestants, but Better Protestants?
Terry Mattingly, GetReligion

The Wrong Side of History
Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Catholic New World

Glory and Indignity: The Strange Life of John Randolph
Allen Mendenhall, The University Bookman

Does the Name “Theophilus” Violate the Establishment Clause?
Mark O. DeGirolami, Center for Law & Religion Forum

Nonsense, Skepticism, and TED
Alan Jacobs, The American Conservative

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