First Links — 10.23.12

To Have and to Hold: A Roundup of Scholarly Articles on Marriage
Kevin Lewis, National Affairs

Church Scandals Must Come
Fr. Stephen Freeman, Glory to God for All Things

Get Ready for the Mali Invasion
Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest

Tom Wolfe and His New Novel, Back to Blood
Boris Kachka, Vulture

The EU Flag’s Marian Symbolism
Giacomo Galeazzi, Vatican Insider

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