First Links — 4.28.14

No, Sarah Palin, Baptism Isn’t a Good Punchline for a Terrorist Joke
Mollie Hemingway, the Federalist

Steatite Icons and Material Symbolism
Jonathan Pageau, Orthodox Arts Journal

What’s At Stake in the Tocqueville/Piketty Debate
James Poulos, the Daily Beast

The Pope’s Phone Call
Ross Douthat, the New York Times

Hideous Strength: “Degenerate Art” at the Neue Galerie
Eve Tushnet, the American Conservative

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