First Links — 1.15.16

BREAKING: Episcopal Church Suspended from Full Participation in Anglican Communion
Deacon Greg Kandra, Aleteia

The Brutalism of Ted Cruz
David Brooks, New York Times

There’s Nothing Patriotic About William Blake’s Jerusalem
Kate Maltby, Spectator

David Bowie: The Prettiest Star
Noah Millman, American Conservative

Alan Rickman: Even Better as a Romantic Lead
Megan Garber, Atlantic

Baltering
Ellen RM Toner, Dappled Things

Making Poetry Matter
Micah Mattix, City Journal

Life at One of England’s Last Tolstoyan Communes
Kelsey Osgood, New Yorker

Application Information: Religious Freedom Project
Nicholas Fedyk, Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs

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