First Links — 8.21.15

‘The Road Not Taken,’ by David Orr
Adam Plunkett, New York Times Sunday Book Review

The Heritage of Ta-Nehisi Coates
Helen Andrews, The University Bookman

TNC, Tolstoy, Dante
Rod Dreher, The American Conservative

The Unlikely Reanimation of H. P. Lovecraft
Philip Eil, The Atlantic

The Latest in Political Correctness at Yale
Rich Lizardo, National Review

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