First Links — 6.18.13

Why Pharisees Matter
Derek Leman, Messianic Jewish Musings

Ulysses in Three Minutes
Anne Tyrrell, Paul Kennedy and Robert Gogan, Irish Times

The Difference Between a Pilgrim and a Tourist
Marc Barnes, Bad Catholic

The Crisis of the European Mind: 1680-1715
David Auerbach, Los Angeles Review of Books

I Recall the 1986 Immigration Act Rather Differently
Edwin Meese III, Wall Street Journal

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