First Links — 10.21.15

The Strength of the Hills is Not Ours—Our Modern Identity Crisis
Jake Meador, Mere Orthodoxy

In Defense of Christendom
Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal

Americans Aren’t That Interested in Benghazi
Leah Libresco, Five Thirty Eight

Lecture Me, Really
Molly Worthen, New York Times

Shroud of London
Amy Henderson, Weekly Standard

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