First Links — 8.13.13

The Huguenots
David J. Davis, Books & Culture

The Oldest War
Andrew Ferguson, Weekly Standard

Favorite First Lines
Joe Fassler, Atlantic

Metaphysics As If It Mattered
Cameron Wybrow, Salvo

C. S. Lewis on Homosexuality
Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

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