First Links — 8.30.12

Signs of the Dark Knight
Br. Athanasius Murphy, O.P., Dominicana

A Political History of Judicial Conservatism
Michael Fragoso, Public Discourse

Orthodoxy and the Returns of Love
Allison Backous Troy, Good Letters

Animal and Plant Souls?
H. H. Ambrose, St. Peter’s List

Why “Traditional v. Modern” Architecture Tells Only Part of the Story
Nikos Salingaros, Crisis

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