First Links — 4.24.14

The Drinking Age Is Past Its Prime
Camille Paglia, Time

China on Path to be Largest Christian Country
Tom Phillips, The Montreal Gazette

Up (with) the Establishment!
Paul Lukas, Uni-Watch

Shakespeare, Heartthrob
John Paul Rollert, The Paris Review

Why Conservatives See Rural America as the “Real” America
Matt K. Lewis, The Week

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