First Links — 9.10.12

Land O’Lakes at 45
Michael McLean, Legatus

“This Journey Is Often Impeded by Emotion . . . ”
Flannery O’Connor, The American Reader

Are Scientists Succumbing to ‘Mission Creep?’
Julian Baggini & Lawrence Krauss, The Guardian

The Clown in the Pulpit
Jeremy Walker, Reformation 21

Do You Know Jack (Kerouac)?
Robert Dean Lurie, The American Conservative

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