First Links — 2.26.16

My Friend, the Former Muslim Extremist
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times

If You Don’t Honor Chastity…
Eve Tushnet, Patheos

Francis, Contraception, and the Zika Virus
Fr. Timothy V. Vaverek, Catholic Thing

Heroic Failure and the British
Bernard Porter, Guardian

Escaping the Amish for a Connected World
Olga Khazan, Atlantic

Christ Tears Off Our Scales: Aslan, Eustace, and the Pain of Confession
Fr. David Poecking, Ethika Politica

Harper Lee: Last of the Literary Recluses
Julia Dent, Acculturated

The Desert Fathers
Mallory Ortberg, Toast

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