First Links—5.27.15

Ireland’s 40-Percent Solution
Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

Art and Money
Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker

Selfies Say ‘Lonely’
Katrina Trinko, National Review

What’s So Funny About Jim Gaffigan’s Christianity
Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post

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