First Links — 5.2.12

Novels, Memoirs, and More for American Religion Courses
Randall Stephens,  Religion in American History Blog

Paul Ryan and Dorothy Day at Georgetown
William McGurn,  Wall Street Journal

Occupy Wall Street: A Post-Mortem?
Lachlan Markay,  The Foundry

Democracies: What They Don’t Do Well
Jeff Mirus,  Catholic Culture

15 Spectacular European Libraries
Jill Harness,  Mental Floss

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