First Links — 5.13.14

A Friendly Game for a Beatific State
James Montague, the New York Times

A Response to Radner’s A Brutal Unity
William Cavanaugh, Syndicate

Patriarch Says He Will Discuss Middle East Christians with Pope
Francis X. Rocca, the National Catholic Reporter

A Terrible Beauty: The Gerry Adams Story Continues
Timothy Hoyt, War on the Rocks

Abortion, Slavery, and Constitutional Meaning
Nathaniel Peters, Public Discourse

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