First Links — 7.3.13

Straw Man Scientism?
Qu Quine, Strange Notions

No Self Mockery, Please, We’re American
Terry Eagleton,  Chronicle of Higher Education

Myths of Marriage, Wedlock, and Divorce
Fr. Juan Puigbo and Hilary Towers,  National Catholic Register

Pickett’s Charge: Nothing But Glory Gained
Robert C. Cheeks, Imaginative Conservative

The Influence of Andrew Sullivan
Ross Douthat,  Evaluations

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