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Stop Prison Rape

Will June 23, 2009
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Eli Lehrer tackles prison rape here. I’d also recommend Ezra Klein’s excellent op-ed...
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Maher Follow-up

Chris Dierkes June 23, 2009
Since I was pretty hard on Bill Maher last week for criticizing Obama without criticizing the Democrats...
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breaking news: people often feel racial panic

Freddie June 23, 2009
This story is making the rounds. I think it has a lot of troubling race-baiting going on...
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holbo v douthat

Erik Kain June 23, 2009
John Holbo takes on Ross Douthat’s review of Digital Barbarism: Douthat is laboring to give readers the...
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The Original Crunch Con?

Will June 23, 2009
Newsweek has the scoop.
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Symmetrical Idiocy

Will June 23, 2009
I was going to take Michael Goldfarb to task for suggesting that Iran policy ought to be...
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a quote for a sunny summer day

Erik Kain June 22, 2009
“Do you think it’s an accident that when the neocons were in charge Hezbollah led the Lebanese...
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personae non gratae

Erik Kain June 22, 2009
Shorter me: Above all else, movement conservatives want to retain custody of what it means to be...
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I’m eight for 25 of the world’s most livable cities IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-reinasofia.it-is-dawn-in-spain-civil-war-poster-124-540

I’m eight for 25 of the world’s most livable cities

Will June 22, 2009
How about you?
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The “Queen Bee” of the Birther Movement

Will June 22, 2009
It really has to be read to be believed (via).
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freedom and neoconservatism

Erik Kain June 22, 2009
“Iran’s green awakening may end awfully. But if it succeeds, it will be everything the neocons had...
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Poverty and Human Rights

Will June 22, 2009
Will Wilkinson has a fascinating post on whether some basic level of material well-being should be considered...
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to say something or not to

Freddie June 21, 2009
…the stones Who, though they cannot answer my distress, Yet in some sort they are better than...
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please

Freddie June 21, 2009
read and consider James’s response to my earlier post.
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Sunday Poem Series

Freddie June 21, 2009
Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night by Dylan Thomas Do not go gentle into that...
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Worst. Anti-Drug Message. Ever.

Will June 20, 2009
Courtesy of PJTV.
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whatever you can come up with

Freddie June 20, 2009
James Poulos is indicting: Thought: above all, solidarity with the Iranian opposition has been *inspired* (not justified)...
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retro geekdom

Erik Kain June 19, 2009
This is what I used to do all my writing on.  And I do miss it.  Part...
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Creativity, Thy Name Is Not Landon

Mark of New Jersey June 19, 2009
From Ives Galarcep on the US Men’s National Team’s embarassing performance this week: The lack of production...
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a cartoon for the afternoon

Erik Kain June 19, 2009
after the leap…
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