First Links—5.6.15

The Conference Manifesto
Christy Wampole, The New York Times

On Fraternities and Manliness
Emily Esfahani Smith, The New Criterion

From Parent to Parenting
Joseph Epstein, Commentary

Only the Chaste
Bevil Bramwell, OMI, The Catholic Thing

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