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Brooks on Jindal IFRL-Mindiv-patrick-fore-557732-unsplash

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

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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quote of the day

Erik Kain February 24, 2009
The only thing that is not settled, as far as I can tell, is how much damage...
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Grow your own? IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-35509225640_966a10002a_o

Grow your own?

Erik Kain February 24, 2009
Regarding the “grow your own policy” Mark Kleiman proposes, I have to say this is a very...
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Balance Sheet Recession

Erik Kain February 24, 2009
So I was listening to NPR this morning and a Japanese economist was talking about their “lost...
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Quick Hit Financial Blogging… IFRL-TLC-War-bart-christiaanse-1246912-unsplash

Quick Hit Financial Blogging…

Dave February 23, 2009
If anyone hasn’t noticed this about using the Fed as part of a bad bank strategy: John Ryding,...
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Happy Lundi Gras! IFRL-TLC-War-marija-zaric-1135157-unsplash

Happy Lundi Gras!

Erik Kain February 23, 2009
So today is Lundi Gras, better known as the day before Mardi Gras and the second to...
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blogging

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

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 IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-441476

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 IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.vesuvius-in-eruption-with-a-view-over-the-islands-in-the-bay-of-naples-100

the funny papers

Erik Kain February 21, 2009
by Cameron Cardow
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Prescott Bush and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls IFRL-TLC-Scenery-thomas-griggs-641511-unsplash

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? IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-rijks.the-cannon-shot-61

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… IFRL-NaPP-Asia-02467v

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! IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-418646

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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