First Links — 11.16.12

Legislating Confession Achieves Nothing
Waleed Aly, Sydney Morning Herald

Wisdom in the Inward Parts
John Huth, Augustine Collective/Harvard Ichthus

Bishops Reject Statement on Economic Crisis: A “Hot Mess”
Anthony S. Layne,  Impractical Catholic

Tom Wolfe’s California
Michael Anton, City Journal

How Television Killed “Family Values”
Jonathan D. Fitzgerald, Daily Beast

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