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The End of Christianity in America IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426280

The End of Christianity in America

Erik Kain March 10, 2009
Michael Spencer predicts an evangelical collapse in the United States and Cathy Lynn Grossman of USA Today...
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A little bailout humor for a Tuesday afternoon…

Dave March 10, 2009
Maybe this whole too-big-to-fail thing has some legs to it.  Maybe that’s why fellow libertarian Stephen Gordon...
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affinity and expectations

Erik Kain March 9, 2009
Andrew writes, of Gaza and the American political reaction: this assault on top of a blockade, carried...
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Thieves

Erik Kain March 9, 2009
“Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly...
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Watchmen

Freddie March 7, 2009
Saw the movie version of Watchmen tonight. There’s no particular reason to dislike the movie more than...
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…speaking of home

Erik Kain March 6, 2009
Apparently yesterday, in the town of my birth, there was a massive explosion that levelled three buildings...
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Home

Erik Kain March 6, 2009
“Something that has long perplexed me is how Americans have persuaded themselves that an important part of their freedom...
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Obama and Pakistani Politics

Chris Dierkes March 6, 2009
The huge news out of Pakistan this week is that cronies of President Asif Zardari (widower of...
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Thursday Art Walk

Erik Kain March 5, 2009
. Studio Wall . by Adolph von Menzel – 1872
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Redefining Prosperity

Erik Kain March 4, 2009
The modern conservative movement is built upon a paradox.  Indeed, both Parties in the United States system...
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Capital not Trade Regulation

Chris Dierkes March 4, 2009
Erik’s post on protectionism got Freddie thinking about control of labor flows and me thinking about control...
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Regarding Rush

Erik Kain March 3, 2009
I suppose the reason I haven’t commented much on the resurgence of Rush Limbaugh into the national...
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re: PC and Mac

Freddie March 3, 2009
I hate to do this, but to all the emailers who told me, in response to this...
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Front Porch Republic

Erik Kain March 3, 2009
So this is a neat new site for any of you who may read Daniel Larison, Rod...
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pbs doc: inside the meltdown

Chris Dierkes March 3, 2009
Cheerful viewing.  This is the recent PBS Frontline Documentary on the financial implosion.  It’s got some heavy...
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quote of the day

Erik Kain March 2, 2009
“Conservatives seem to have spent the last year rapidly regressing from cheering on lame politicians who could...
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you can’t support the labor movement and illegal immigration

Freddie March 2, 2009
Erik’s post on protectionism has me thinking about another kind of protectionism, the one about illegal immigration...
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Protectionism and National Security

Erik Kain March 2, 2009
A community is the mental and spiritual condition of knowing that the place is shared, and that...
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Liberal First Principles

Chris Dierkes March 2, 2009
Freddie writes: Look, I think the important question remains whether or not Kaus’s work is to the...
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Hollow Men

Freddie March 1, 2009
This is how a movement ends… this is how a movement ends…. Not with a bang, but...
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