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It’s finals season for college students, a time of year that still makes me shudder remembering flashcard piles and quickly approaching essay deadlines. I also get nostalgic thinking about free snacks, the search for the perfect study spot and the hush that fell over campus.

I’m no longer a student, but writing an article on deadline sure feels like taking a final sometimes. I was asked Wednesday to put together an overview on Jerusalem, which inspired the same sort of panic as if I had missed class all semester. The last two days were a blur of research, coffee, phone calls and writing. Luckily, I survived, and my reward is winter break … err, well, a weekend off at least!

FRESH OFF THE PRESS FROM ME

Supreme Court justices signal that cake case will be difficult decision

4 graphics that explore Americans’ divided views on Trump

TOP RELIGION READS

The vanishing values voters, The Atlantic

3 weddings, 4 dozen rabbis and 1,400 cupcakes, The New York Times

Their family and their friends call the media ‘fake news.’ But these Liberty University students want to be journalists, The Washington Post

JUST FOR FUN

I went viral on Twitter this week thanks to a wacky bumper sticker my fiancé spotted in a parking lot. Now that J.K. Rowling has retweeted me, I can tell people we’re friends, right?