First Links — 9.19.12

Low-Income Voters & Party Affiliation
Ramesh Ponnuru, The Corner

A Philosopher Defends Religion
Thomas Nagel, New York Review of Books

Who May Partake?
James M. Kushiner, Mere Comments

Why Secular Culture is Afraid of Life
Jennifer Fulwiler, National Catholic Register

Islamists Destroy Tomb of Muslim Saint in Mali
AFP

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