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Why They Fight IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-459365

Why They Fight

Will April 27, 2009
Jim Manzi has written a provocative post on the moral distinction between battlefield killing and torturing unarmed...
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now that i have a kid… IFRL-Mindiv-Society-40358682824_716abc21c1_b

now that i have a kid…

Erik Kain April 27, 2009
…everything is scarier, more urgent.  Like this swine flu epidemic.  I’m really nervous about this, especially living...
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autism is a disorder

Freddie April 27, 2009
Those who have read a lot of my stuff know that I am someone who has very...
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The American Trajectory: Chapter 3 Great Powers IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-vangogh.the-langlois-bridge-18

The American Trajectory: Chapter 3 Great Powers

Chris Dierkes April 26, 2009
Having successfully replicated the economic construct of our American System among the vast majority of the world’s...
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Tradition in the modern United States. IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-418597

Tradition in the modern United States.

William Brafford April 26, 2009
The briefest description I can give of the point of view for my work as a blogger...
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Sunday Poem Series

Freddie April 26, 2009
Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy WE stood by a pond that winter day, And the sun was...
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all the president’s spies

Erik Kain April 25, 2009
John Judis would like to have more discussion about the possibility of ditching the CIA, or at...
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a quote for saturday IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.the-deluge-104

a quote for saturday

Erik Kain April 25, 2009
“What you see in the relationship between torturer and tortured is the absolute darkness of totalitarianism. You...
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Saturday Juke Joint IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.morning-schinkel

Saturday Juke Joint

Chris Dierkes April 25, 2009
Not sure if I’m breaking (bending?) League protocols, but I thought I bring a little of them...
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Just to echo

Freddie April 24, 2009
Andrew, someone should give Julian Sanchez a job as a paid blogger. Because he is very good...
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Fat America

Erik Kain April 24, 2009
Via Dreher:
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Community

Erik Kain April 24, 2009
I want to follow up on this with an examination of Community vs. Rights in light of...
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stating the obvious IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-nationalgallery.a-warrior-adoring-the-infant-christ-and-the-virgin-48

stating the obvious

Erik Kain April 24, 2009
“And then, where is the use of torture? It is a slippery trial and uncertain (says Ulpian)...
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Pakistan Update: Whither the State? IFRL-Mindiv-asif-aman-1060810-unsplash

Pakistan Update: Whither the State?

Chris Dierkes April 24, 2009
A bevy of links on the subject. John Robb: Open-Source Counterinsurgency in Pakistan and P. + Open...
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The Tudors, Tradition and Tyranny IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-283668

The Tudors, Tradition and Tyranny

Will April 24, 2009
The Tudors is a bad show. I’m a sucker for historical drama, but after slogging through the...
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Okay, but only if… IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-uffizi.battle-of-san-romano-49

Okay, but only if…

Erik Kain April 23, 2009
….the Republican Party is renamed the “National Socialist Party.”  Fair’s fair.
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…and he doesn’t look a day over 400. IFRL-TLC-War-26022923368_e3092f76c0_b

…and he doesn’t look a day over 400.

Freddie April 23, 2009
“Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will him about mine ears; and sometime voices, That if I then...
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Glenn Beck and the Red Knight

Erik Kain April 23, 2009
“I told you about these people.  They only mate with their own kind.   It’s yuppie inbreeding.  That’s...
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quote for the morning

Erik Kain April 23, 2009
“It’s perfectly possible to think both at once: that real-world torture is ineffective, and that fantasy-world effective...
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Taking the Wrong Approach

Mark of New Jersey April 23, 2009
I’m increasingly coming to the conclusion that both sides of the “Did We Torture?” debate are doing...
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