First Links — 11.26.12

Cardinal Virtues and Counterfeit Virtues
Edward Feser

A Leiter Case for the Superfluousness of Religious Liberty
Ryan Anderson, Library of Law and Liberty

Examining John Wesley’s Troubled Marriage
Adam and Magan, From Cajun to Asian

The Church and Tobacco: A History
John B. Buescher, Catholic World Report

The Dead Yiddish Poets Society
Judith Miller, Tablet

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