First Links — 6.27.12

Democracy as Concentration
Matthew Flinders,  Oxford University Press Blog

Democracy as Distraction
Louis René Beres,   Oxford University Press Blog

A Fresh Conversation and a New Magazine
Tony Rossi, Patheos

Universities and the Medieval World: An Economist’s Take
Davide Cantoni and Noam Yuchtman,  VOX

Engel v. Vitale  Turns 50
Peter Smith,  Courier-Journal

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