First Links — 4.9.13

The Leakiness of Surveillance Culture
Tim Maly, Quiet Babylon

Too Much Sociology
Editors, n+1

Léon Bloy and Pope Francis
Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

RIP, Franziska Jägerstätter
Tom Roberts, National Catholic Reporter

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