First Links — 4.3.12

Egypt’s Copts Pull Out of Constitution Talks
Aya Batrawy,  The Globe & Mail

Brideshead and Baseball
Joseph R. Wood,  The Catholic Thing

Conservative Misreadings of Jane Jacobs
Jason Epstein,  NY Review of Books

The Emerging ‘Asexuality Movement’
Rachel Hills,   The Atlantic

Pro-Life Activism Escalates in Britain, Alarms Opponents
Ben Quinn and Sara Boseley,  The Guardian

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