First Links — 8.22.13

Catholic Heroism and Villainy in Wartime
Rev. George W. Rutler, Crisis

Criminal Elements: Breaking Bad and the Enlightenment
James Bowman, New Atlantis

Debating Spurgeon’s Politics
Keith Miller, Mere Orthodoxy

Racketeering Relativism
John Goerke, Juicy Ecumenism

An Assault on Cynicism
Peter Stockland, Cardus Daily

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