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Who needs JournoList… IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426266

Who needs JournoList…

Erik Kain March 21, 2009
….when you’ve got “Twit?“
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Freddie March 21, 2009
Jacob Weisberg, I promise– I promise– 100 years from today, millions of paper-and-ink books will be being...
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what the Journolist kerfuffle suggests IFRL-Plague-Microscope

what the Journolist kerfuffle suggests

Freddie March 21, 2009
This whole Journolist fracas that has been kicking around lately has again dredged up some of my...
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Congratulations…

Erik Kain March 21, 2009
….are in order for Daniel Larison whose graduation was today.  The Ph.D. is finally in the bag. ...
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word for the day

Chris Dierkes March 20, 2009
infandous:  ““Unspeakable, not to be spoken of; nefarious,”  (archaic).  As in:  “[MP George Galloway] is an “infandous...
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quote of the day

Erik Kain March 20, 2009
“Talk about misplaced anger. Wall Street built a wooden house, stuffed it with flammable material, set it...
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found this… IFRL-NaPP-Retro-800px-France_in_XXI_Century._Air_battle

found this…

Erik Kain March 20, 2009
…at Kyle Cupp’s blog.  And I liked it.
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Do something useful for a change… IFRL-Mindiv-rawpixel-id-113763

Do something useful for a change…

Erik Kain March 20, 2009
Writes Yglesias: Let the business geniuses, if any there be in these firms, get out and go...
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Growth vs/equal to Prosperity? IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.rear-view-of-the-houses-at-schlobfreiheit

Growth vs/equal to Prosperity?

Chris Dierkes March 20, 2009
Will Wilkinson reprints the response of John Cochrane to the Brad DeLong-Luigi Zingales debate at the Economist. ...
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Geithner and AIG

Erik Kain March 19, 2009
I guess there’s only one guy to blame for the AIG bonuses, so next time Obama revs...
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thursday art walk

Erik Kain March 19, 2009
The Dream of St. Joseph by Georges de la Tour
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less (legal and moral) light re: abortion

Chris Dierkes March 19, 2009
Kyle over at Vogue Republic has a thought-provoking two parter set (Part I and Part II) of...
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because not all poems should fall on Sundays

Erik Kain March 19, 2009
After Work ~by Gary Snyder The shack and a few trees float in the blowing fog I...
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us lacking political capacity

Chris Dierkes March 19, 2009
Clive Crook writing in The Financial Times: Political capacity is the real key, and here is where...
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Remarking on the Unremarkable and Making it Remarkable IFRL-Mindiv-brandon-erlinger-ford-1338801-unsplash

Remarking on the Unremarkable and Making it Remarkable

Mark of New Jersey March 19, 2009
Earlier tonight, I expressed surprise that the idea that AIPAC is more powerful and active than any...
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Needs More AIPAC!

Mark of New Jersey March 18, 2009
In comments downblog, Roque Nuevo is looking for something to back up E.D.’s assertion that “No other...
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no trees were harmed in the making of this blog

Erik Kain March 18, 2009
I suppose when it comes to politics I am a bit of a mixed bag.  I think...
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turn on, tune in, opt out

Erik Kain March 18, 2009
Writes Andrew Sullivan: Andrew Biggs highlights an interesting new study on social security finding that 48 percent...
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Dear Abby

Erik Kain March 18, 2009
Jack Gillis proves that sometimes less is more: Dear Abby: I’ve been in a long-term relationship with...
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induction leading to abortion qualms

Freddie March 18, 2009
This is the product of late-night thinking, and my ideas tend to be even more crack-pot in...
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