First Links—7.1.15

On the Banning and Burning of Flags
Joseph Pearce, The Imaginative Conservative

Marriage and the Court: The Expected Arrives
Hadley Arkes, The Catholic Thing

Are the Great Books Still Alive?
Josh Rogers, The Imaginative Conservative

Why Do Americans Drink Coffee?
Gracy Olmstead, The American Conservative

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