First Links — 4.17.14

New Yorker to Norbertine
Michael Bradley & Michael W. Hannon, Ethika Politika

What Left and Right Both Get Wrong About Moynihan
Peter-Christian Aigner, Atlantic

Atheism’s Empty Tomb
Theo Hobson, Spectator

The Moral View of Railroads
C. S. Aiken, Preachers’ Institute

Papyrus or Breakfast Cereal?
Fred Sanders, Scriptorium Daily

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