First Links — 2.15.12

British Muslim to Pope: “West Needs Confident Christians”
John L. Allen, Jr., National Catholic Reporter

The Media’s Lies, Damned Lies, and the 98 Percent
Mollie Ziegler Hemingway, Get Religion

HHS Mandate Lacks Legal Precedent
Michael Fragoso, Public Discourse

Interview with Sr. Nancy Ruth
Autumn Whitefield-Madrano, The New Inquiry

Marilynne Robinson’s Attack on MacIntyre
Ari N. Schulman , New Atlantis

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