Happy Wednesday! Here’s what we have for you today.
At Postmodern Conservative , James Ceasar talks about lies while Pete Spiliakos recommends that we all go read Mike Lee’s newest speech on the future of conservatism.
Peter Leithart is still chugging through Agamben’s book, so here a few highlights: a post about habit and ethics, another post about governing , and a non-Agamben meditation on Chronicles .
Dr. Boli wants to help you continue your education (and then you can get a job ).
Here at First Thoughts , Mark Barrett has a post on Catholics and the working class.
Finally, On the Square today we have George Weigel on the persecution of Christians, and Stephen Beale on the dictionary .
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