First Links — 4.18.13

Xerxes and the Jewish Diaspora
Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon, Preachers’ Institute

Tongue Tied
Br. Tomás Martín Rosado O.P., Dominicana

Atheist Church: An Exercise in Mimicry
Anthony Sacramone, Strange Herring

Past Perfect
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, Democracy

Evelyn Waugh, Catholic Optimist
Micah Mattix, National Review

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