First Links — 10.24.12

A War on Religion?
Bruce Hausknecht,  Public Discourse

The Righteous Mind and the Libertarian Mind
Emily Esfahani Smith, Washington Times

Newsmagazine Death and the Dwindling Cult of Authority
Jim Kelly, Vanity Fair

A Dissident None on the Rising Unaffiliated
Nathaniel Torrey, Juicy Ecumenism

Why No One Shuts Up
Marc Barnes, Bad Catholic

Next
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE

The Dreadful Christ of Pär Lagerkvist

Peter J. Leithart

It’s dangerous to meet a god,” says the disgraced Pythia in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Sibyl. Her observation…

The Possibility of Possibility

Midge Goldberg

"Might could” is a Southern expression meaning “maybe I could” or “I might be able to,” conveying…

The False Promise of No Contact

Noelle Mering

Around the time nineteen-year-old Alice began cutting ties with her family, she announced on social media that…