First Links – 12.21.11

Hanukkah and Orthodoxy
American Catholic Blog , Nicholas Frankovich

The Gospel according to Hitchens
Washington Post , Gayle Trotter

Kim Jong Il and the danger of deifying leaders
CNN , R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

The 2011 CT Music Awards
Christianity Today

Happy Hanukkah, Marines!
Wall Street Journal , William McGurn

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