First Links — 3.6.13

A Video History of the Conclave
Monsignor James P. Moroney, Rector’s Blog at St. John’s Seminary

Hugo and the Hereafter
Peter Wilson, Foreign Policy

The Most Beautiful City Never Built
Andrew Cusack

So You Want to Be a Public Intellectual?
Amanda Achtman, Intercollegiate Review

Do Protestant Schools Produce Better Citizens Than Catholic Ones?
Melissa Steffan, Gleanings

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