Daily Links, Feb. 21: Happy Mardi Gras!

Happy Fat Tuesday! Hope you are enjoying your day of eating and merriment, perhaps loading up on dessert [1]before our journey into Lent's desert [2]. Speaking of overindulging...there was this [3]. In our latest issue [4], Bryan Cones motivates us to not be complacent [5]this Lent. (Once you've read up on our latest features, be sure to let us know what you think! Send a letter to the editor at letters@uscatholic.org)

The Supreme Court is going to hear another big case: this time on affirmative action. [6]

A judge has struck down a law [7] in Omaha, NE that would have denied housing permits to illegal immigrants. On our blog today, Fr. Tom Joyce discusses new protections [8] for foreign workers.

Huzzah! Canada's Supreme Court has decided that learning about world religions [9] in school will neither confuse children nor violate religious freedom.

And, what would Daily Links at the end of February be like without a little Tim Tebow news (or rather, non-news)? Broncos back up Brady Quinn was reported as criticizing both Tebow's overt displays of faith and his skill on the football field. Quinn has apologized [10], saying that his comments were completely misrepresented.