Day: January 3, 2012

Happy – Hic! – New Year IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-GAPD-tate.the-minotaur-122

Happy – Hic! – New Year

Jason Kuznicki January 3, 2012

Boegiboe has another of his original drink recipes over at the increasingly alcoholic Slow Tuesday Night.

Required Reading IFRL-TLC-War-vasilios-muselimis-796905-unsplash

Required Reading

Tod Kelly January 3, 2012

Yeah, sure, it’s yet another post about Ron Paul. (Perhaps you’ve heard of him?) But today’s post...

What’s In A Label IFRL-TLC-Scenery-jennifer-latuperisa-andresen-427694-unsplash

What’s In A Label

Ethan Gach January 3, 2012

Andrew Sullivan calls out Jonathan Chait for arguing that libertarianism is inextricably linked to racism. Chait’s view,...

Leaguefest 2012! IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tretyakov.wet-meadow-161

Leaguefest 2012!

Burt Likko January 3, 2012

At the sub-blogs, we’ve had some discussion of the idea of a meetup for the League. The...

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