First Links — 6.19.13

Authenticity and the Catholic Educator
Matt Emerson, Ignatian Educator

Pascal Bruckner, Gallic Gadfly
Emily Eakin, Chronicle of Higher Education

Welcome to the Mental Ward
Anthony Esolen, Crisis

Can Liturgical Music Be Saved?
Patrick O’Hannigan, American Spectator

A Europe Divided by the Cross
Andrew Higgins, New York Times

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