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blogging

Erik Kain February 23, 2009
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The Final Word on Liber-al-tarianism

Mark of New Jersey February 23, 2009
I honestly thought I was done on this topic, and for the most part I am.  But...
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the moderating influence of the technocratic Republican

Freddie February 23, 2009
Predictions are a mugs game, and mine are worse than most, so take this with a grain...
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can I just say…

Freddie February 23, 2009
I understand that there are arguments to be made against the practice of talking politics at award...
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reflections

Erik Kain February 23, 2009
Sometimes I’m overwhelmed with this sense that all of this is an exercise in futility – that...
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Jonah Sermon

Chris Dierkes February 22, 2009
In my alter ego, I’m studying to be a priest in the Anglican Church.  With The League’s...
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Sunday Poem

Freddie February 22, 2009
Lament by Rainer Maria Rilke Everything is far and long gone by. I think that the star...
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the funny papers

Erik Kain February 21, 2009
by Cameron Cardow
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Prescott Bush and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls

Freddie February 21, 2009
Now, I’m not a big fan of the shadowy, Illumanti-style cabal that secretly pulls the strings and...
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love of… what?

Freddie February 21, 2009
Daniel Larison has a sharp post up (which Andrew has linked to) that I think really demands...
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In which…

Erik Kain February 20, 2009
Robert Stacy McCain reveals both an inherent lack of understanding regarding the Israel/Palestine conflict, and an unhealthy...
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A Top Ten List!

Erik Kain February 20, 2009
Helen breaks all this talk of shame culture into a list, which I reproduce for you below. ...
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The Theocon Menace

Erik Kain February 20, 2009
Damon Linker is beating the same drum he’s been beating for some time now, warning against a...
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Leaving the Right to Save the Right

Mark of New Jersey February 20, 2009
Amongst several others, Ross Douthat has some really good thoughts on my arguments for a more liberal...
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Growth and Prosperity

Erik Kain February 20, 2009
The loss of our self-understanding as parts of a whole meant that individuals who achieved material success...
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Freddie February 20, 2009
This depends a bit on perspective and I can’t say that it’s 100% true. But an emailer...
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To Nationalize or Not To Nationalize?

Dave February 20, 2009
Barry Ritholtz has posted a nice collection of links from different sources arguing for or against bank...
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Banking In Common(s)

Chris Dierkes February 20, 2009
In the comments to my earlier post on The Commons Br. Kain wrote: I would like you...
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Too cool…

Erik Kain February 19, 2009
Khoda from Reza Dolatabadi on Vimeo. via Andrew: 6,000 separate paintings … and one five minute animated...
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Apple v. Microsoft

Freddie February 19, 2009
Cast your mind back, gentle reader, to the heady days of early 2002, when the original Xbox...
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