First Links — 7.30.13

The Ideal English Major
Mark Edmundson, Chronicle of Higher Education

An Anti-Libertarian Populism?
W. W., Democracy in America

The Community of Friends in Apollonius’ Argonautika
Coyle Neal, Anamnesis

The Use and Abuse of Samuel Johnson
Ian Crowe, University Bookman

The Bishops Are Wrong on Immigration
Brad Miner, Catholic Thing

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