First Links — 10.9.15

Roger Scruton: ‘My tribal religion’
Michael Duggan, Catholic Herald

Ghosts in a Secular Age
Ross Douthat, New York Times

Harvard’s Prestigious Debate Team Loses to New York Prison Inmates
Lauren Gambino, Guardian

Thinking Anew
James M. Banner Jr., Weekly Standard

Old Lies of the Young Turks
Christopher Atamian, New Criterion

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