First Links — 1.8.16

Who Came Down From the Stars? The Baby God, That’s Who!
Roseanne T. Sullivan, Dappled Things

The Unhaunted Graveyard
Joseph Bottum, Washington Free Beacon

Who Speaks For Islam?
Editors, New Criterion

Did He Even Know He Was Shakespeare?
David Scott Kastan, Humanities

Are Small Families Better for Kids?
Simcha Fisher, Aleteia

Hamilton and the Romance of Government
Eve Tushnet, American Conservative

Advent, New Year’s Eve, and the Long Defeat
Stephen Williams, Humane Pursuits

Oregon and the Injustice of Mandatory Minimums
Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic

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

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