First Links—8.10.15

The Futility of Their Minds
Bevil Bramwell, OMI, The Catholic Thing

A Year of Racial Tumult Brings Potent Lessons to the Classroom
Dan Berrett, The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Bizarre Tale of ‘ISIS Book Club’
Damaris Colhoun, Atlas Obscura

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 70 Years Later
Benjamin Wiker, National Catholic Register

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