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Sunday Poem

Freddie March 1, 2009
P The Creation of Sound by Wallace Stevens If the poetry of X was music, So that...
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Focus, People, Focus!

Mark of New Jersey February 28, 2009
Cornell law professor Michael Dorf has a great take on the hilarious NYU student “takeover,” and its...
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The GOP’s Road to Relevance IFRL-Mindiv-alberto-bigoni-1281859-unsplash

The GOP’s Road to Relevance

Mark of New Jersey February 28, 2009
Kyle’s post yesterday the other day about the need for the GOP to stop focusing on “how”...
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mea culpa, and explanations

Freddie February 28, 2009
An emailer wrote me last night, in regards to the Bloggingheads clip, to say that I “owe...
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Blogging heads, Kaus, and the League IFRL-TLC-Scenery-alexander-londono-319307-unsplash

Blogging heads, Kaus, and the League

Erik Kain February 28, 2009
Thanks to Will for the heads up…
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Stress testing stressing me out… IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-30577794027_2867979180_o

Stress testing stressing me out…

Dave February 27, 2009
Via Barry Ritholtz, I think I need to read David Reilly more.  I love his column on...
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Finding Your Way Out Of The Wilderness: Republicans Are Doing It Wrong IFRL-TLC-Patterns-43585952752_80452924a2_b

Finding Your Way Out Of The Wilderness: Republicans Are Doing It Wrong

Guest Authors February 26, 2009
by Kyle Moore This post is crossposted from Comments From Left Field.  As such, I apologize in...
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quote of the day

Erik Kain February 26, 2009
I’ve found that those who defend Bernanke as having inherited Greenspan’s mess are most likely to have...
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From the Dept. of Potentially Questionable Assumptions IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-versailles.the-feast-in-the-house-of-simon-the-pharisee-5

From the Dept. of Potentially Questionable Assumptions

Chris Dierkes February 26, 2009
From the NyTimes on Obama’s new budget proposal: “Having inherited a trillion-dollar deficit that will take a...
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away from Joe=towards success? IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Hirosage-MossyTrunk

away from Joe=towards success?

Freddie February 26, 2009
Reihan links approvingly to this piece  by Patrick Ruffini, as does James. It’s well-written, smart, as Ruffini’s...
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my blog post titles demonstrate my ironic detachment and caustic verve

Freddie February 26, 2009
You really do have to wonder, at this point, if there’s ever a time when the average...
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Thursday Art Walk IFRL-TLC-Scenery-david-marcu-114194-unsplash

Thursday Art Walk

Erik Kain February 26, 2009
The Wheel of Fortune by Edward Burne-Jones
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Overlearning Lessons IFRL-Plague-Exercise5

Overlearning Lessons

Mark of New Jersey February 26, 2009
I’m a big fan of Scott’s post the other day on neo-conservatism, which I take to be...
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Bobby Jindal – as terrible as everybody else IFRL-TLC-War-specna-arms-1120115-unsplash

Bobby Jindal – as terrible as everybody else

Erik Kain February 25, 2009
So, meandering around the web today one comes across almost universal consensus that Bobby Jindal’s speech was...
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Obama and The (Quasi?)Imperial Presidency IFRL-Mindiv-jack-sharp-1219921-unsplash

Obama and The (Quasi?)Imperial Presidency

Chris Dierkes February 25, 2009
The always worth reading Charlie Savage had a really important piece in the NyTimes four days ago...
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Sad news

Erik Kain February 25, 2009
Very sad news out of the UK today: Ivan Cameron, the son of U.K. Conservative Party leader...
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Around the Web on Ash Wednesday IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Hirosage-TempleGrounds

Around the Web on Ash Wednesday

Erik Kain February 25, 2009
Rod Dreher: Warm wishes to you all, and prayers for a blessed Lent. I don’t know about...
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Brooks on Jindal

Chris Dierkes February 25, 2009
D. Brooks for me is hot/cold–when he’s on he’s on, when he’s off he’s off.  Here he...
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Derbyshire and the Happy Meal Conservatives IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-461110

Derbyshire and the Happy Meal Conservatives

Erik Kain February 25, 2009
Much as their blind loyalty discredited the Right, perhaps the worst effect of Limbaugh et al. has...
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Jindal: debt is bad when we say it is IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-vangogh.seascape-near-les-saintes-maries-de-la-mer-46

Jindal: debt is bad when we say it is

Freddie February 25, 2009
I’m open to hearing a defense of Bobby Jindal from Matt Yglesias’s allegations. But I am having...
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