First Links — 2.10.14

How Language Influences Math
Michael Brooks, New Statesman

My Parents Arranged My Marriage, and I’m Cool with That
Judilee King, Religion News Service

Hollow Men and the Search for a Workable Pluralism
Geoffrey Kabaservice, University Bookman

America’s Image Abroad
Sam Schulman, Weekly Standard

Why Pittsburgh Didn’t Become Detroit
Glenn Thrush, Politico Magazine

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