First Links—9.8.15

Catholics Who Disagree with the Vatican think the Church Will Change
Leah Libresco, FiveThirtyEight

‘Hypocrite,’ the All-Purpose Political Insult
Barton Swaim, The Wall Street Journal

Variant Readings
Gabriel Said Reynolds, Times Literary Supplement

Kim Davis: Political Prisoner? Culture-War Martyr?
Rod Dreher, The American Conservative

Taylor Swift: A Socratic Dialogue
Jared Smith, McSweeney’s

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