First Links — 5.13.13

Don’t Make Fun of Renowned Dan Brown
Michael Deacon, Telegraph

God’s Potbellied Heroes
Br. Gabriel Torretta, O.P., Dominicana

Is the “Purity Culture” Sexist?
Marc Barnes, Bad Catholic

The Non-Triumph of Capitalism
Samuel Gregg, Public Discourse

Letter to the Inhabitants of Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina (1740)
Thomas S. Kidd, Encyclopedia Virginia

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