First Links — 3.4.14

Against Mastery
Wilfred M. McClay, Hedgehog Review

Heaven, Hell, and Christ on Ice
Allan Carlson, Touchstone

The Enigmatic Piero della Francesca
Marco Grassi, New Criterion

The Death of American Universities
Noam Chomsky, Jacobin

A Catholic Who Said No
Barry Gewen, New York Times

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