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Driving Blind: Crime Fiction and Strange Bedfellows IFRL-NaPP-Retro-36625257244_34a7dab5bf_b

Driving Blind: Crime Fiction and Strange Bedfellows

Ethan Gach June 4, 2013
“All the things which had uses. All the mountains which had names. We’ll give them new names,...
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Some Quick Updates on the “Steven Seagal as US Ambassador” Story

Tod Kelly June 4, 2013
(And, by the way, what were the odds before yesterday that I would have ever been able...
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According to David Brooks, All Morality is Local

Ethan Gach June 4, 2013
I normally try to stay away from taking pot shots at David Brooks columns, but today’s raises a...
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Grand Old Party Needs a Brand New Song

BlaiseP June 4, 2013
The College Republican National Committee has published a rueful assessment of the GOP, commencing with the pull...
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