First Links — 7.18.14

How I Became a Knausgaard Truther
Casey N. Cep, Pacific Standard

Mommy Police With Real Handcuffs
Megan McArdle, BloombergView

On the (Very Smelly) Trail of the Skunk Takeover
Christopher Kemp, Outside

Junglecare
Dave Seminara, The Morning News

Did Teilhard de Chardin Ever Ask the Beasts?
Matt Mazewski, Reasonably Moderate

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