Day: August 4, 2010

First Reactions on Perry IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.balcony-room-with-a-view-of-the-bay-of-naples

First Reactions on Perry

Jason Kuznicki August 4, 2010

Here are my hasty reactions to a decision I’ve only partly read. I’m distracted by personal matters...

I’m not Harriet Tubman either IFRL-NaPP-Asia-800px-Qiu_Ying_-_Spring_Morning_in_the_Han_Palace_-_Walters_3548_-_View_J

I’m not Harriet Tubman either

Erik Kain August 4, 2010

I don’t think the pro-choicers and the pro-lifers are going to agree on this one. But I...

No, I am not Frederick Douglass IFRL-NaPP-Asia-00501v

No, I am not Frederick Douglass

Erik Kain August 4, 2010

[updated] Okay. Perhaps I stirred the pot a bit too vigorously. In any case, let me clarify...

Reputation and the Realistic Novel IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-moma.the-starry-night

Reputation and the Realistic Novel

David Schaengold August 4, 2010

Very belatedly indeed, I’d like to offer a rejoinder to Ross Douthat and Alan Jacob‘s explanation for the absence...

Bloomberg’s Tribalism IFRL-TLC-Scenery-tony-detroit-362133-unsplash

Bloomberg’s Tribalism

Will August 4, 2010

I hate to be the turd in the punch bowl, but Bloomberg’s latest proclamation on the ‘Ground...

Bloomberg’s Address IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-44925486531_c5ecc1a80e_o

Bloomberg’s Address

Mark of New Jersey August 4, 2010

If you haven’t read or heard it yet, this really is a special, stirring bit of speechmaking...

Perry, Hayek, and Immanent Critique IFRL-TLC-Scenery-Wunderwald-Berlin

Perry, Hayek, and Immanent Critique

Jason Kuznicki August 4, 2010

I don’t have any inside gossip on Perry vs. Schwarzenegger, whose decision will be announced this afternoon....

Suicide Mission IFRL-TLC-Scenery-krystian-piatek-1317350-unsplash

Suicide Mission

Mark of New Jersey August 4, 2010

In what can only be described as a marriage straight outta Hell, our own E.D. Kain has...

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