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Opportunity, Society, and the Role of the State IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-440248

Opportunity, Society, and the Role of the State

Erik Kain February 7, 2009
A few thoughts on Freddie’s post below. First, I think $10/hour is a pretty reasonable wage for...
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calling bullshit on bullshit

Freddie February 7, 2009
Andrew links approvingly to another frivolous experiment that seeks to show that bootstrapping rhetoric isn’t dead, and...
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“All I want… to kno-ow! All I want!”

Freddie February 7, 2009
lyrics feature adult language The Misfits, to me, are genius, and I don’t know why they don’t...
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Madrick on Case for Big Gov’t

Chris Dierkes February 6, 2009
I found this an extremely thought provoking Bloggingheads.  I thought some of the League and our readers...
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the grad trap

Freddie February 6, 2009
John Schwenkler has some wise words about the college debt trap. As I said in the comments...
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Intervening into the Unknown/The Unknown Intervening into US IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Yoshitoshi-SleepingDemon

Intervening into the Unknown/The Unknown Intervening into US

Chris Dierkes February 5, 2009
To recap a bit where we are in this discussion. So I would say Freddie and ED...
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the inevitability dodge

Freddie February 5, 2009
In the comments to ED’s post, Roland Dodds writes “First of all, the ‘meddling’ the United States...
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the democracy fallacy

Erik Kain February 5, 2009
Here’s a line of reasoning I simply can’t follow: The Islamic world is nothing like the Western...
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Unanswered Questions

Erik Kain February 4, 2009
I wanted to draw attention to this post over at William Randolph’s blog.  He has a pretty...
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A Quick Note on A Rigged Game IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-met.panoramic-view-of-the-palace-and-gardens-of-versailles

A Quick Note on A Rigged Game

Dave February 4, 2009
Freddie writes: The more that one side or the other plugs their ears and refuses to compromise,...
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Idealism with a Sword IFRL-NaPP-Space-15155720220_8451ab5be5_o

Idealism with a Sword

Erik Kain February 4, 2009
Scott, remarking on the improving conditions in Iraq, asks: If this is a trend that continues and...
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A Happy BAD Day IFRL-TLC-War-specna-arms-1136431-unsplash

A Happy BAD Day

Mark of New Jersey February 3, 2009
I interrupt the League’s normal conversational blogging to participate in a grand, two year old tradition of...
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Falsifying the Unfalsifiable IFRL-Plague-Seventh

Falsifying the Unfalsifiable

Mark of New Jersey February 3, 2009
Reading through this whole, excellent series on atheism, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, etc. has been an extremely...
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Tales told by idiots, full of sound and fury… IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.castle-by-the-river

Tales told by idiots, full of sound and fury…

Erik Kain February 2, 2009
Much has been made recently of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, variations on the teapot analogy, and the...
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In defense of snark IFRL-TLC-War-rawpixel-id-262052

In defense of snark

Erik Kain February 2, 2009
I have to disagree with many of the recent responses to Freddie’s attack on Robert Stacy McCain,...
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Casino Politics IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-tate.the-shipwreck-38

Casino Politics

Erik Kain February 2, 2009
In response to Freddie, Ross Douthat writes: The issue is the risk the Democrats are taking, period,...
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Thomas Aquinas Meets The Flying Spaghetti Monster IFRL-NaPP-Asia-800px-Qiu_Ying_-_Spring_Morning_in_the_Han_Palace_-_Walters_3548_-_View_G

Thomas Aquinas Meets The Flying Spaghetti Monster

Chris Dierkes February 2, 2009
As the League’s resident theological student, I have been a bit loathe to enter the atheism/spaghetti monster/god...
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Good show Cardinals…

Erik Kain February 2, 2009
I thought they put up a damn good fight, and it made for an incredibly intense Super...
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eating my vegetables

Freddie February 2, 2009
So you should follow Scott’s lead and read Sonny Bunch here… I have been engaged in a...
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Sunday Poem

Freddie February 1, 2009
P The Salt of the Sea by Philip Primeau Above the eastern sill of sky, at early...
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