First Links—4.24.15

Officials: Islamic Extremist’s Misfire Foiled Attack on Paris Christians
The Chicago Tribune

Up in Smoke—Plain Packaging and Brand Identity
Leann Davis Alspaugh,  The Hedgehog Review

Hillary Clinton Leaves Flowers for Our Lady of Guadalupe, asks ‘Who Painted It?’
Catholic News Agency

Too Many Books?
Tim Parks, The New York Review of Books

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