First Links — 8.18.15

The Paradox of Summer
Karen Ullo, Dappled Things

The Decline—and Fall?—of Religious Freedom in America
Bruce Abramson, Mosaic

What it’s Like to Be a Prison Chaplain
Emma Green, The Atlantic

The Importance of American Dogs
R. J. Moeller, Acculturated

Feminists: Defend the Body, not the Frankenstein
Scott Masson, Intercollegiate Review

Why We Love Falstaff
Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal

Next
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE

How the State Failed Noelia Castillo

Itxu Díaz

On March 26, Noelia Castillo, a twenty-five-year-old Spanish woman, was killed by her doctors at her own…

The Mind’s Profane and Sacred Loves

Algis Valiunas

The teachers you have make all the difference in your life. That they happened to come into…

History’s Pro Tips on Iran

Francis X. Maier

Nothing in human experience compares to the wars of the last 120 years. Their scope has grown…