First Links — 7.31.13

Ignatius’ Magnanimity
P. Bracy Bersnak, Crisis

Generation Peak-Teen
Danny Dorling, New Statesman

“Decontaminating the Brand”?
Damian Thompson, Telegraph

Aristotle Can’t Refute Evolution
Robert T. Miller, Public Discourse

The Rise of the Chicken Little Evangelical Blogger
Jake Meador, Mere Orthodoxy

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