First Links — 3.17.14

The Paradox of Rule
Daniel McCarthy, Cato Unbound

Redeeming Compromise
James K. A. Smith, Comment

Religion as Key to Crimea
Mara Kozelsky, Washington Post

Gravity vs. Dawkins
David Mihalyfy, University of Chicago

The Age of Individualism
Ross Douthat, New York Times

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