First Links—3.24.15

What the Hell is the Purpose of Hell?
Candida Moss, The Daily Beast

Culture’s Champion
Gertrude Himmelfarb, The Weekly Standard

Don’t Know Much About History
Aaron MacLean, Free Beacon

Reading Dostoevsky
Jennifer Reeser, The National Review

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