First Links – 11.23.11

Saving Africa
National Review Online , Kathryn Jean Lopez

Vatican pledges legal action against Benetton over doctored pope-kissing-imam ad
CNN , Dan Gilgoff

The urgent need for biblical literacy
Baptist Press , Ed Stetzer

Rome, Sweet Rome: Could a Single Marine Unit Destroy the Roman Empire?
Popular Mechanics , Alyson Sheppard

Spectacle and Society
Comment , William Daniel, Jr.

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