First Links—4.14.15

The Quest for Community in the Age of Obama
Ross Douthat, The Imaginative Conservative

‘They,’ the Singular Pronoun, Gets Popular
Ben Zimmer, The Wall Street Journal

Going for the Hard Sell as Interest in English Major Declines
Nick Anderson, The Washington Post

Letters to a Young Catholic Writer
Daniel McInerny, The Catholic Thing

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