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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 IFRL-NaPP-Space-nasa_grand_tour

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 IFRL-Mindiv-andy-kelly-402111-unsplash

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 IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-thyssen.jesus-among-the-doctors-31

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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incoherent blockbusters and the Dark Knight IFRL-NaPP-Asia-GAPD-freer.moonlight-revelry-at-dozo-sagami-122

incoherent blockbusters and the Dark Knight

Freddie January 22, 2009
I think it was Eagle Eye that finally broke me. I just can’t take any more movies...
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Neo-Traditionalism, Community, and the Post-Postmodern Gentleman IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-loc22

Neo-Traditionalism, Community, and the Post-Postmodern Gentleman

Erik Kain January 22, 2009
Scott coins an interesting term: post-postmodern.  The essence of the post-postmodern man, it seems, is a sort...
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Meet the New (Drug) Boss, Same as the Old One? IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-428207

Meet the New (Drug) Boss, Same as the Old One?

Chris Dierkes January 21, 2009
Fellow L.O.G.(ger?) ED’s post on drug legalization is exremely sharp from my vantage point.  He suggests legalizing...
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Same Sex Marriage and Nomenclature IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-459403

Same Sex Marriage and Nomenclature

Freddie January 21, 2009
In the epic podcast about same sex marriage between me, John Schwenkler and OG Scott Payne, John...
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the ethical sale of crystal meth IFRL-Mindiv-alexander-popov-342444-unsplash

the ethical sale of crystal meth

Erik Kain January 21, 2009
While I’m largely of the same mind as Freddie on the subject of drug legalization, which may...
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Civilization is a responsibility. IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-459418

Civilization is a responsibility.

Freddie January 21, 2009
Reflecting on Israel, ED Kain writes Note when Foukara mentions that the only country Al-Jazeera has never...
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Multipolarity and Middle East IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.prater-landscape

Multipolarity and Middle East

Chris Dierkes January 21, 2009
Scott’s intriguing counterintuitive post got me thinking.  He thinks Obama should hold off on diving into a...
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The Filter of War IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426242

The Filter of War

Erik Kain January 21, 2009
Freddie writes: While I continue to believe that our national conversation is far from an equitable or...
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re:ratiocination: mexican drug insurgency edition IFRL-TLC-Scenery-34594058095_1e6a7eb443_o

re:ratiocination: mexican drug insurgency edition

Freddie January 20, 2009
C. Augustin Dierkes post on the Mexican drug war to me highlighted one of the many downsides...
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ratiocination: mexican drug insurgency edition IFRL-Mindiv-otle-train2

ratiocination: mexican drug insurgency edition

Chris Dierkes January 20, 2009
My namesake, the great detective C. Auguste Dupin, who was himself an extraordinary gentlemen (I a member...
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our changing media and the future for Israel IFRL-NaPP-Space-14761953564_b243b392a2_k

our changing media and the future for Israel

Freddie January 20, 2009
Although I richly deserve a reputation as something of a polemicist, I’d like to think that I...
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