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Quote of the Day

Mark of New Jersey March 25, 2009
This, from Aziz Poonwalla, sums up the problem with Talk Radio Dogmatism, the Cult of the Image...
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rap battle

Erik Kain March 25, 2009
Stephen Colbert’s rap was pretty funny, but the clips of Michael Steele that his video editing team...
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random

Erik Kain March 25, 2009
The concept of describing alcoholics as either “on” or “off” the wagon is one I have trouble...
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The View from my Wife’s Lens

Chris Dierkes March 25, 2009
[Chris] The View from Your Window today at Sullivan’s digs is a photo my lovely wife took...
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A Critique of the System, or: A Fool and his Money….

Erik Kain March 25, 2009
I think what many mainstream defenders of Geithner or the rescue plan don’t realize is that critics...
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Annuntiatio Christi

Erik Kain March 25, 2009
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Conservative De-Nihilism

Mark of New Jersey March 25, 2009
There’s something remarkably self-absorbed and, well, amusing, about someone who either never heard of a website or, in...
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Extricating Oneself From a Buzz-Saw

Mark of New Jersey March 25, 2009
On further review, I’m persuaded that I overstated the argument that localism requires globalism.  Says the pro-free trade James...
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It may a horrible, terrible, no good, rotten and dirty plan but it’s the best we have for now… IFRL-TLC-Scenery-SoanesTomb

It may a horrible, terrible, no good, rotten and dirty plan but it’s the best we have for now…

Dave March 24, 2009
Br. E.D. has a post on the next phase of figuring out how to salvage our banking...
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A Eulogy

Erik Kain March 24, 2009
This piece in the Washington Monthly is a pretty insightful look at the short life of Culture11.
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The Trouble with PETA

Mark of New Jersey March 24, 2009
Ingrid Newkirk wants to shock us into awareness of animal suffering by demanding in her will that...
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Somebody actually

Freddie March 24, 2009
got paid for writing this.
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Localism Saved by Globalism, Cont’d

Mark of New Jersey March 24, 2009
UPDATE, 3/25: In response to some accurate criticism, I have pulled back some of the arguments made...
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Two Individualisms

Erik Kain March 23, 2009
The discussion surrounding community, individualism, materialism, and the current economic and political crisis is anything but a...
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quote for today

Erik Kain March 23, 2009
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings...
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Why Localism Requires Globalism

Mark of New Jersey March 23, 2009
UPDATE, 3/25: In response to some accurate criticism, I have pulled back some of the arguments made...
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Thank God for modern…

Erik Kain March 23, 2009
…medicine, or at least dentistry.  I was in the dentist chair today and thinking to myself how...
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This…

Erik Kain March 23, 2009
…is weird.  Expect good South park episodes to follow:
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Geithner’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Bank Plan

Erik Kain March 23, 2009
This is my third financial/economic/treasury round-up.  I am not an expert in these matters so what I’ve...
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Some Helpful Explanations

Erik Kain March 22, 2009
Via Br. Dave, probably the best, simplest explanation of the credit crisis I’ve seen thus far. It...
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