First Links — 9.21.12

Joel Osteen: America’s Cheerful Waffler
Kristin Rudolph,  Juicy Ecumenism

The Consequences of Finn’s Conviction
Michelle Martin,   Our Sunday Visitor

Roger Scruton and the Right
Caroline Crampton,  New Statesman

Locke, Hume, and Acquiring Property
Samuel Goldman,  The American Conservative

The Eisenhower Memorial Gets An App
Eric Wind and Jack Carlson,  Weekly Standard

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