First Links – 7.11.12

Herbert Hoover’s American Exceptionalism
John Hendrickson, Library of Law and Liberty

Same-Sex Marriage and the Revolt Against Metropolitan Jonah
Fr. Johannes Jacobse, American Orthodox Institute

What’s in a Name, or “The Individual Mandate is a Unicorn”
Bruce P. Frohman,  Imaginative Conservative

At Least On Average, a Human Life is Good
Alexander Pruss, Alexander Pruss’s Blog

In Defense of John Roberts
Carson Holloway, Public Discourse

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