First Links–10.22.14

The Quality of Fear
David Brooks, The New York Times

Evolution and Ethics, Revisited
Gertrude Himmelfarb, The New Atlantis

Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?
Charles Carman, Books & Culture

Our Endangered Species
Jonathan V. Last, The Weekly Standard

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