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Questions on Globalization and Trade Part One IFRL-TLC-Scenery-Wunderwald-Stage

Questions on Globalization and Trade Part One

Erik Kain June 25, 2009
Mark points us to this very fun and persuasive article by Radley Balko on the wonders of...
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In search of realism IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.rear-view-of-the-houses-at-schlobfreiheit

In search of realism

Will June 25, 2009
Given the recent uproar over this article defending the Iranian election results,* I think it’s important to...
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I, Pencil Revisited

Mark of New Jersey June 25, 2009
My anti-free trade, anti-globalization, anti-capitalism friends should read Radley Balko this morning at Reason.
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a quote for the morning

Erik Kain June 25, 2009
“Conveniently, if not coincidentally, ‘sense of’ speak is also a great way to evade responsibility. We share...
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two interesting things

Erik Kain June 25, 2009
Conor interviews James for the Big Ideas blog; and Patrick Deneen declares war on the PomoCons!
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Reihan responds IFRL-Plague-PestHouse

Reihan responds

Freddie June 24, 2009
If you read my post from earlier today, please read this one by Reihan over at the...
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Eating Crow

Will June 24, 2009
It seems only a few days ago that Mark and I were taking shots at the U.S....
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quote for the day II

Erik Kain June 24, 2009
“To me, and I suspect no one else on earth, there is something wonderful about listening to...
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quote for the day

Erik Kain June 24, 2009
“The anti-gay-marriage forces are stuck making a slippery-slope argument when, in fact, we’re already at the bottom...
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Dierkes bait

Erik Kain June 24, 2009
Bruce Riedel: “Armageddon in Islamabad”  (h/t Salam)
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bleg

Freddie June 24, 2009
Digsby, the IM client I use, has added a Twitter feed, so I’ve created a dummy Twitter...
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Sanford’s folly IFRL-Mindiv-GAPD-altesnational.flute-concert-with-frederick-the-great-in-sanssouci

Sanford’s folly

Erik Kain June 24, 2009
I have to say, this whole Sanford affair is really depressing.  Sanford on the Appalachian for naked...
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Transformers: Black People in Disguise!

Will June 24, 2009
See here and here for the fully story on Transformers’ hilariously racist double-caricature.
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good intentions

Freddie June 24, 2009
Erik pronounces Reihan’s latest column a disappointment. I’m not sure why. Oh, the column is very wrong-headed,...
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strange proposals for health care

Erik Kain June 24, 2009
David Gratzer writes:
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I like Ike IFRL-NaPP-Retro-France_in_XXI_Century._Race_in_Pacific

I like Ike

Erik Kain June 24, 2009
Dennis Sanders responds to my post on distrust of government and invokes Eisenhower by invoking Kelly Pipes:
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a quote for the morning

Erik Kain June 24, 2009
“The peculiar truth is that Barack Obama, for all his realist convictions, is at his best when...
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the big tent

Erik Kain June 24, 2009
So one thing I’ve been thinking about lately is how dissident conservatives – of either the reformist...
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Nate Silver defends the public option IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-461091

Nate Silver defends the public option

Erik Kain June 24, 2009
Okay, before I form an opinion of Nate’s post, I just want to run this past Mark...
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Overturning Proverbs

Chris Dierkes June 23, 2009
So a homeless dude comes into the church today (which is a regular occurrence) and asks for...
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