First Links — 3.25.14

An Uncomfortable Spiritual Autobiography
Pascal Emmanuel-Gobry, Inebriate Me

Baseness for the Base
Anthony Esolen, Intercollegiate Review

End of the Conservative Publishing Gold Rush
McKay Coppins, Buzzfeed

Stop Saying Catholics Reject “Birth Control”
Brantly Millegan, Aleteia

Ten Great Opening Lines
Sarah Gilmartin, Irish Times

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