First Links — 4.14.14

A Continuing Crisis of Authority
Peter Schellhase, Humane Pursuits

Confessions of a Christian Film Critic
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

Are Neocons Permitted to Define Their Views?
David Harsanyi, Federalist

Can We Divorce Our Elites?
James Poulos, Daily Beast

Notes on an Objection to Plato
James Chastek, Just Thomism

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