First Links — 12.10.12

The Coming: Part II
Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest

On Reason in Milton and Donne
Trina Hyun, The Augustine Collective

Enough with the Lame Hanukkah Parodies
Johnna Kaplan, Jewish Daily Forward

The Disappearing Secondhand Bookstore
Theodore Dalrymple, The Telegraph

How Changing What I Wore Changed My Approach to Mass
Jennifer Fulwiler, National Catholic Register

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