First Links — 2.5.16

Dying Together
Clare Coffey, American Conservative

Meet the Cardinal who Recharges for Battle by Fasting from Food and Water
Jack Carrigan, Catholic Herald

Paradise Now: The Story of American Utopianism
Kirk Davis Swinehart, New York Times

Can Catholics Vote for a Socialist?
P. J. Smith, Semiduplex

Why Are So Many Newborns Still Being Denied Pain Relief?
George Dvorsky, Gizmodo

Liberalism and the Collapse of the University
Elliot Milco, Paraphasic

What Makes Great Detective Fiction, According to T. S. Eliot?
Paul Grimstad, New Yorker

We Have Seen His Glory: A Response to A Certain Philosophical Rejection of the Christian Faith
Edmund Waldstein, O. Cist., Sancrucensis

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