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Tory Anarchist vs Front Porch Republic IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.llyn-y-cau-cader-idris-70

Tory Anarchist vs Front Porch Republic

Erik Kain June 30, 2009
Read Daniel McCarthy’s critique of the Front Porch, dovetailing rather nicely with many of my own reservations...
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Mark Levinsane Strikes Again and Again and Again

Erik Kain June 30, 2009
Apparently all one has to do is write a post with a title similar to this one...
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Too funny IFRL-TLC-Patterns-GAPD-reinasofia.guitar-and-newspaper-186

Too funny

Dave June 30, 2009
Just click here and read the post and the comments.  I guess it’s economic news.
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I Ching for dissident conservatives

Erik Kain June 30, 2009
My friend Jack Gillis thinks dissident conservatives shouldn’t try to form a big tent with the movement,...
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the things people say on the internet

Erik Kain June 30, 2009
“Since his departure from the Washington Times, Stacy McCain has become perhaps the most skilled attention whore...
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They’re coming to get you Barbara… IFRL-Plague-Sign

They’re coming to get you Barbara…

Dave June 30, 2009
Why is it that when I think of people who still continue to argue that the Community Revinvestment...
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Why I Hate the US Press Corps

Chris Dierkes June 30, 2009
After starting the daily briefing with a question about the president’s response to Michael Jackson’s death, the...
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Talking Carbon Tariffs

Will June 30, 2009
Here’s Paul Krugman, defending the proposed Waxman-Markey carbon tariffs: What’s happening here, I think, is that people...
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Baseball!

Freddie June 30, 2009
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Gladwell on Free

Freddie June 29, 2009
Malcolm Gladwell can be very frustrating to read when he isn’t on his game, but I think...
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health care musings

Erik Kain June 29, 2009
[updated below] Peter Suderman, from his new perch at Reason Magazine, dissects the looming breakdown of the...
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Peace in the Middle East IFRL-NaPP-Retro-30599219720_a4e7fcd6ea_b

Peace in the Middle East

Erik Kain June 29, 2009
Well, not exactly, but if you want to set down that cynicism for a moment, this could...
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quote for the afternoon

Erik Kain June 29, 2009
“There needs to be some form of one of the corollaries to Godwin’s Law that applies to...
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Burying Buckley IFRL-TLC-Scenery-sweet-ice-cream-photography-210852-unsplash

Burying Buckley

Erik Kain June 29, 2009
Austin Bramwell has a fascinating post up about William F. Buckley and a couple biographies of the...
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Ricci: An Anti-Business Decision

Mark of New Jersey June 29, 2009
I disagree with Ilya Somin on the merits of the Court’s decision this morning in Ricci, but...
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Getting Hungry

Mark of New Jersey June 29, 2009
Yesterday’s heartbreaker and, for Clint Dempsey, tearjerker of a loss may wind up being the best thing...
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“My quarter pounder tasted like hegemony” IFRL-TLC-Scenery-scott-webb-25833-unsplash

“My quarter pounder tasted like hegemony”

Will June 29, 2009
I admit I giggled at this Michael Goldfarb post celebrating the McDonaldization of France. One problem –...
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Some Things Money Can’t Buy, For Everything Else There’s Waxman-Markey IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-tretyakov.what-is-truth-christ-and-pilate-189

Some Things Money Can’t Buy, For Everything Else There’s Waxman-Markey

Erik Kain June 29, 2009
[updates below] Rortybomb points us to this post by Matt Steinglass countering Jim Manzi’s opposition to Waxman-Markey. ...
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It’s not enough… IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.building-site-with-willows

It’s not enough…

Dave June 29, 2009
…but a 150-year prison sentence is guaranteed to put Bernie Madoff away for the rest of his...
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Iraq June 30th

Chris Dierkes June 29, 2009
Tomorrow is the deadline for the exit of US Forces from the cities in Iraq, as per...
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