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A Public-Private Partnership? IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.the-ponte-delle-torri-spoleto-308

A Public-Private Partnership?

Dave January 27, 2009
To Chris’ comments  about the banks and the knowledge of the debt that they hold, this is generally...
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Sometimes the Quid Is Better than the Quo

Mark of New Jersey January 27, 2009
There is much ado today about the fact that Obama, apparently in response to conservatives’ objections, has...
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atheism and monsters

Freddie January 27, 2009
Reading over the various responses to Ross Douthat’s piece on celestial teapots and the Flying Spaghetti Monster,...
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More on Occupation

Chris Dierkes January 27, 2009
Following up on ED’s post (and the sad 60 Minutes video), here is another video on the...
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Tough Love

Erik Kain January 27, 2009
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, it is the settlements more than anything else that prevent a...
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Economic Crisis

Chris Dierkes January 26, 2009
This post grows out of some discussion Freddie and I have participated in over at The Confabulum ...
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human beings, human limits

Freddie January 26, 2009
(The video above in part inspired me to write this post. I’m including it for context. This...
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The more I know, the less I know

Erik Kain January 26, 2009
The funny thing about my political writing is that it has been, from the beginning, very public....
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Sunday Poem

Freddie January 26, 2009
PSong of Man Chipping an Arrowhead by WS Merwin Little children, you will all go but the...
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knowing when to get out of the way

Freddie January 25, 2009
It’s gratifying to be away from the Internet for a day, and come back to find a...
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Islamo-Nationalism: Somalia Edition

Chris Dierkes January 24, 2009
Apropos of Scott’s reflections on a potentially more nimble stance of the US in foreign policy, as...
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Western Civilization and Same Sex Marriage IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-altesnational.the-blinded-samson

Western Civilization and Same Sex Marriage

Erik Kain January 24, 2009
An important thing to note when discussing various forms of conservatism is the difference, often-overlooked, between social...
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Don’t Feed the Talking Heads

Mark of New Jersey January 24, 2009
In an earlier post in this series, E.D. wrote that “the talking-head class–the hyper-partisan commentariat–first of all...
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a little more on party and perspective

Freddie January 23, 2009
To extend the question of partisan positioning leading to inconsistencies just a bit further (and I promise...
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doubt, believings, and post-postmodernism

Chris Dierkes January 23, 2009
Long time blogging pal of mine, Bill Harryman (whose blog Integral Options is worth your time), posted...
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The Talking Heads will Feed Themselves

Erik Kain January 23, 2009
Kyle asks: What motivates the Limbaughs and the Hannities and the Malkins to take up the standard...
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earnestness is mine, sayeth the conservative

Freddie January 23, 2009
I was pondering Erik and Mark’s thoughts on partisanship, and this video fell in my lap. I...
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The Case of Principle v. Partisanship

Mark of New Jersey January 23, 2009
I was about to start writing a post for the lively Israel-Palestine series, the beginnings of which...
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Twisting the Knight Away

Erik Kain January 23, 2009
First of all, I have to admit, I enjoyed The Dark Knight.  I didn’t leave the theatre...
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Contrarianism for the Sake of Contrarianism (or: The Virtue and Vice of Partisanship in a Post Partisan World)

Guest Authors January 23, 2009
by Kyle Moore It may seem most odd coming from me a single concept: partisanship is good. ...
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