Thursday digest

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New today from the Century:

• Carol Zaleski on the new Bill W. doc: "The early history of Alcoholics Anonymous has always fascinated me, so I was eager to see the much heralded new documentary Bill W." (subscription required)

• Steve Thorngate on the WSJ's idea of a struggling taxpayer

• Amy Frykholm reads a weird monk joke about underwear

• "Poem for my brother to read silently in his bedroom window before the gregarious hospice nurse arrives," a poem by Brian Doyle

In the news:

• Obama's use of Scripture has elements of Lincoln, King
• Citing religion, some health workers refuse flu shots
• Europeans launch campaign to declare life starts at conception
• Religious coalition takes on the gun lobby