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More on Occupation IFRL-Mindiv-vidar-nordli-mathisen-546060-unsplash

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 IFRL-TLC-Patterns-44985957522_ac8a982920_h

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 IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-40131263631_21d8187da6_z

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) IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426235

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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I got the mic, I rock it how I please

Freddie January 22, 2009
Max Socol wrote a post that I think is an example of rhetorical bad faith. To put...
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Policy and Dissent

Erik Kain January 22, 2009
Max Socol is unhappy with our initial foray into the Israel/Palestine debate: Moral arguments concerning Israel and...
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The Ottoman Counterfactual IFRL-Plague-Exercise

The Ottoman Counterfactual

Erik Kain January 22, 2009
I offer up this alternate history for consideration: What if the Ottoman Empire had not fallen, or...
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