First Links — 5.1.12

In Defense of Obscure Words
Will Self,  BBC

Increasing the Value of a Liberal Education
William G. Bowen,  The Atlantic

What Distinguishes ‘Evangelical’ from ‘Fundamentalist’?
Roger E. Olson,  Patheos

The Persistence of Superstition in an Irreligious Culture
Andrew Brown,  The Guardian

The Catholic Vote: Does It Even Exist?
Steve Weatherbe,  National Catholic Register

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