First Links — 9.3.13

Vonnegut and Labor Day
Matthew Gannon & Wilson Taylor, Jacobin

Clive James’ Dull Dante
Ian Thomson, Financial Times

The Dark Dove with the Flickering Tongue
Matthew J. Milliner & Brett Foster, Books & Culture

The Case for Christian Realism
Stanley Hauerwas, ABC Religion & Ethics

Is This Both the Smartest and the Dumbest Generation?
Peter Lawler , Big Think

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