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No Bishop Will Die For Religious Liberty
Rod Dreher, The American Conservative

The Creepy New Wave of the Internet
Sue Halpern, The New York Review of Books

Poverty and Paradox
Alice O’Connor, The Hedgehog Review

They Spoke to Me
Yves Bonnefoy, The Poetry Foundation

Woman’s Suicide Called Tragic
Catholic News Service, America Magazine

“Aid in Dying” as Political Language
Kevin C. Walsh, Mirror of Justice

Messages
Rachel Hadas, The New Criterion

Recycled Images, Relational Aesthetics, and the Sound of Music
Brett David Potter, The Other Journal

Promised Land
Walter A. McDougall, Intercollegiate Review

The Myth of Chinese Super Schools
Diane Ravitch, The New York Review of Books

The South Transept Window, St. Lucia at Lowhampton
Martin Monohan, The Poetry Foundation

The Most Popular Passages in Books, According to Kindle Data
Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic

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As New York Archdiocese Prepares to Reorganize Parishes, Catholics Hope Theirs Will Be Saved
Sharon Otterman, The New York Times

How the Brides of ISIS Are Attracting Western Women
Ruth Michaelson, The Week

What’s Wrong With Mindfulness? More Than You Might Think
Melanie McDonagh, The Spectator

Empty Pews
G. Ronald Murphy, America Magazine

Speed Kills
Mark C. Taylor, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Inside Twitter’s Ambitious Plan to Kill the Password
Casey Newton, The Verge

Lila: Too Mysterious By Half
Peter Blair, Fare Forward

From Sparkling Celebrations to Canadian Tragedy, the Week in Photos
The Wall Street Journal

Between Magisterium and Magistrate: Notre Dame’s Choice on Marriage’s Meaning
Michael Bradley, The Public Discourse

ISIS’s War on the World’s Ancient Religions
Stephanie Saldana, The Wall Street Journal

Moral and Divine (and Terrifying)
Dan Piepenbring, The Paris Review

How Facebook Is Changing the Way Its Users Consume Journalism
Ravi Somaiya, The New York Times

Look At Your Money
Trevor Logan, Curator Magazine

The Virtues of Brunch
Gracy Olmstead, The American Conservative

The Mineral Night/ A Child in the Likeness of God
Marly Youmans, Books & Culture

The Imminent Death of the Internet Troll
Jake Swearingen, The Atlantic

Strange Days
Sven Birkerts, Lapham’s Quarterly

From Isaac Newton to the Genius Bar
Darrin M. McMahon, Nautilus