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Why He’s Thoreau and You’re Not IFRL-NaPP-Space-astronaut-1664814_1920

Why He’s Thoreau and You’re Not

Mark of New Jersey April 9, 2009
The veal-chewing fizzicist manages to mock no fewer than 5 conspiracy theories in two sentences.
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Faith and modernity IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.trees-beside-the-river-with-bridge-in-the-middle-distance-290

Faith and modernity

Erik Kain April 9, 2009
Commenter Tim A had this to say about some of my arguments the other day regarding Leviticus...
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How Movement Conservatives Are Killing Capitalism IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.distant-view-of-maecenas-villa-tivoli-214

How Movement Conservatives Are Killing Capitalism

Mark of New Jersey April 9, 2009
When you falsely complain that every single thing your opponents try to do is socialism and absurdly...
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When Should Judges Defer? IFRL-TLC-Scenery-martin-jernberg-274716-unsplash

When Should Judges Defer?

Mark of New Jersey April 9, 2009
Note – Will and I exchanged a few emails on judicial activism, cultural change, and the courts’...
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Disney templates IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-altesnational.in-the-troops-quarters-outside-paris

Disney templates

Erik Kain April 8, 2009
via Andrew:
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Palms IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-vangogh.the-white-orchard-12

Palms

Erik Kain April 8, 2009
The following images I found rather startling, actually – which is largely due to the fact that...
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Ack! Activist Legislators Thwarting the Will of the People… IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-reinasofia.carlist-soldier-playing-the-bugle-civil-war-poster-56-683

Ack! Activist Legislators Thwarting the Will of the People…

Dave April 8, 2009
Yes E.D., they found a way to spin it, and here we go… By only one vote,...
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a poem I wrote today

a poem I wrote today

Erik Kain April 8, 2009
Original poetry by Erik Kain.
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Catholicism as a Diploma IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.balcony-room-with-a-view-of-the-bay-of-naples

Catholicism as a Diploma

Will April 8, 2009
I’m late to this, I know, but I just caught Christopher Buckley’s post on Newt Gingrich’s recent...
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Observe and report. IFRL-NaPP-Retro-rawpixel-id-328253

Observe and report.

William Brafford April 8, 2009
Observe and Report is going to surprise many people who go see it this weekend. And perhaps...
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The Business of Conflict IFRL-NaPP-Retro-800px-France_in_XXI_Century._Air_cab

The Business of Conflict

Erik Kain April 7, 2009
“When conflict becomes a business, a nation’s business becomes conflict. When mighty industries are built on war,...
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Pandora Conundrum IFRL-Mindiv-38564853941_5212cc5263_o

Pandora Conundrum

Erik Kain April 7, 2009
I long ago gave up buying or even downloading music in favor of streaming it for free...
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This is good… IFRL-TLC-Scenery-sorasak-252182-unsplash

This is good…

Erik Kain April 7, 2009
…but it seems like a lot of trade-offs rather than any real measure to slash the slush-fund...
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Equal Protection Under the Laws: The Libertarian Ideal IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426258

Equal Protection Under the Laws: The Libertarian Ideal

Mark of New Jersey April 7, 2009
Thanks to John, I am pointed to these two rather strange arguments in favor of the Drug...
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Progressive Traditionalism? IFRL-TLC-Patterns-rawpixel-id-428208

Progressive Traditionalism?

Erik Kain April 7, 2009
I read Leviticus last year while studying Judaism and I noticed exactly the same thing Ron Beasley...
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Mario Loyola is making sense IFRL-Mindiv-25939603743_75fd4e6eb5_b

Mario Loyola is making sense

Will April 7, 2009
Here’s a sober response to North Korea’s latest provocation: Because we are not willing to starve the...
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Gay marriage in Vermont https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.146

Gay marriage in Vermont

Dave April 7, 2009
Legalized by democratic process.
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Saved By The Bell’s Twisted Morality IFRL-NaPP-Retro-800px-France_in_XXI_Century._Flying_police

Saved By The Bell’s Twisted Morality

Mark of New Jersey April 7, 2009
Every morning while we’re getting our daughter ready for the day, my wife watches Saved By The...
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The Madman of Tehran IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.fishermen-at-sea-90

The Madman of Tehran

Erik Kain April 7, 2009
Moses Maimonides, the famous Jewish physician and theologian of Medieval Cordoba, had a tendency to refer to...
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Obama Youth IFRL-NaPP-Space-P06-Technicians-Wanted-NASA-Recruitment-Poster

Obama Youth

Erik Kain April 6, 2009
Michelle Bachmann isn’t really all that crazy.  She’s just finding a better way – a more purified...
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