Now it’s really Friday. Before you shuffle off into parts unknown, take a look at what we wrote for you today:
Over at Postmodern Conservative , Pete Spiliakos gets into the headline game.
Peter Leithart continues to think about Exodus and read the Times Literary Supplement .
On the Square today, Howard P. Kainz asserts the world is getting better , and Wesley J. Smith can’t help missing JFK .
A little bit of a quiet day. What were some of your favorite pieces that we ran this week?
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