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Muddling toward an organic society IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-37858855136_acc4392290_h

Muddling toward an organic society

Erik Kain July 8, 2010
Matt Frost is blogging at Ricochet. Here’s a bit of his opening salvo: By way of introduction,...
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Preliminary notes on girl groups and the Sleigh Bells IFRL-NaPP-Asia-02457v

Preliminary notes on girl groups and the Sleigh Bells

Matthew Schmitz July 8, 2010
There’s a breathless fragility in ’60s girl groups like the Shirelles, Crystals, and Ronettes that I find...
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Wasn’t National Public Radio always NPR?

Wasn’t National Public Radio always NPR?

Erik Kain July 8, 2010
The Washington Post reports that National Public Radio is changing its name to NPR. John Miller snarks:...
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I’m a Libertarian, You Know, But We’ve Gotta Have a Few Limits… IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-rijks.view-of-houses-in-delft-known-as-the-little-street-46

I’m a Libertarian, You Know, But We’ve Gotta Have a Few Limits…

Jason Kuznicki July 8, 2010
My piece at the Cato@Liberty blog about San Francisco’s soft drink vending machine ban has elicited some...
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Arizona: Enemy of Federalism IFRL-Mindiv-max-bender-685474-unsplash

Arizona: Enemy of Federalism

Guest Authors July 8, 2010
By Transplanted Lawyer So the Federal Department of Justice has sued the State of Arizona over Arizona’s...
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The future of online advertising IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426220

The future of online advertising

Erik Kain July 7, 2010
Kevin Drum asks: Are magazines generating — or on track to generate — more online revenue than...
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Procedure v. Innocence (ctd.) IFRL-TLC-War-32988834396_54d5ab9bda_o

Procedure v. Innocence (ctd.)

Mark of New Jersey July 7, 2010
Time for a quick clarification of my defense of the 9th Circuit this afternoon. Responding to a...
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Is winning everything? (for an athlete) IFRL-TLC-Scenery-hope-1220981_1920

Is winning everything? (for an athlete)

Lisa Kramer July 7, 2010
I’m not much of a basketball fan – correction, I’m not a basketball fan at all –...
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We’re already at war IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.burg-scharfenberg-at-night

We’re already at war

Erik Kain July 7, 2010
James Poulos thinks I’m wrong to advocate against Arthur Brooks’ culture war: Alas, the cultural conflict is...
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Perverse Incentive Jujitsu IFRL-NaPP-Retro-800px-France_in_XXI_Century._Little_robbers

Perverse Incentive Jujitsu

Jason Kuznicki July 7, 2010
Lionfish are an invasive species. The solution? Eat them, say some: Sustainable-seafood advocates typically advise consumers to...
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The limits of doing this for free IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.the-plains-of-heaven-96

The limits of doing this for free

Erik Kain July 7, 2010
Will Wilkinson links to this post by Ezra Klein, who makes a very good point: Fairly few...
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When Procedure Must Matter Over Substance IFRL-Mindiv-rawpixel-id-64361

When Procedure Must Matter Over Substance

Mark of New Jersey July 7, 2010
As anyone who has read me the last 4 years on civil liberties issues can attest, I...
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A Candidate after My Own Heart IFRL-Plague-Pavia

A Candidate after My Own Heart

Jason Kuznicki July 7, 2010
Alvin Greene, in South Carolina. I’m not making an endorsement, but I sure like what I’m reading:...
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“The people who came here never intended to stay” IFRL-TLC-Patterns-43585952752_80452924a2_b

“The people who came here never intended to stay”

David Schaengold July 7, 2010
The anti-localism of American urbanism summed up in a paragraph: “The interesting thing about this demographic rocket...
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A Response to Paul Krugman IFRL-NaPP-Retro-14342045881_d89680515c_b

A Response to Paul Krugman

Guest Authors July 7, 2010
by Christopher Carr Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman’s existence in the popular consciousness largely rests on...
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More On Intellectual Decline IFRL-Mindiv-GAPD-tate.king-lear-weeping-over-the-dead-body-of-cordelia-188

More On Intellectual Decline

Austin Bramwell July 7, 2010
The friend who pointed me to Joseph Epstein’s essay in the first place takes exception to some...
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Should we keep mini-posts? IFRL-NaPP-Space-P03-Farmers-Wanted-NASA-Recruitment-Poster

Should we keep mini-posts?

Erik Kain July 6, 2010
[updated] We’ve used them less and less frequently, especially as we’ve drifted away from our original mission...
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Not Another Culture War! IFRL-NaPP-Asia-3g10539vu

Not Another Culture War!

Erik Kain July 6, 2010
“Figuring out how to restore growth and how to construct an effective but affordable safety net, are...
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David Brooks and the Demand Siders IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-441476

David Brooks and the Demand Siders

Erik Kain July 6, 2010
David Brooks is mostly making sense in his latest column. He’s absolutely correct that more and more...
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Childhood poverty in America IFRL-NaPP-Retro-France_in_XXI_Century._Race_in_Pacific

Childhood poverty in America

Erik Kain July 6, 2010
David Frum examines child poverty in America and also notes that economic mobility is not quite what...
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