First Links — 12.6.12

Logos Severed from Mythos
James Matthew Wilson, Anamnesis

“Great Art Survives”: An Interview with Dave Brubeck
Ian Marcus Corbin,  Commonweal

On the Aims and Ends of Dialogue
Peter Berger, The American Interest

Healthcare Law Architect Heads to Big Pharma
Natasha Lennard, Salon

Don’t Mention the Decadence
Ross Douthat, New York Times

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