First Links – 11.09.11

Mississippi Voters Reject Anti-Abortion Measure
New York Times , Katharine Q. Seelye

On War and Redemption
New York Times , Timothy Kudo

Why We’d Be Miserable In a World Without Religion
Slate , Elizabeth Weingarten

No Evidence for Extraterrestrials, Says White House
BBC

So You Want to Do Criminal Defense Work
The American Catholic , Donald R. McClarey

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