First Links—5.12.15

Two Sisters, Two Views of Gay Marriage
Elizabeth Corey and Mary Campbell, The Atlantic

What’s the Point of a Professor?
Mark Bauerlein,The New York Times

Will Rome Hold Germany’s Bishops to Account?
Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register

Byron’s Letters and Journals
Benjamin Markovits, The Telegraph

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