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is the iranian regime vulnerable? IFRL-TLC-Scenery-shounen21-767922-unsplash

is the iranian regime vulnerable?

Erik Kain June 18, 2009
Douglas Muir has a pretty good breakdown of exactly what makes a regime vulnerable to collapse –...
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Rittelmeyer Eat Your Heart Out

Chris Dierkes June 18, 2009
Dateline: Squamish, British Columbia courtesy CBC: Maureen Lee told CBC News she was turning away to pick...
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Wendell Berry goes to jail

Erik Kain June 18, 2009
Well, no, not yet anyways…
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why I am not a neoconservative

Erik Kain June 18, 2009
I used to believe in humanitarian intervention.  I used to truly believe that the right thing for...
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Pop – it matters! IFRL-TLC-Scenery-jase-bloor-694238-unsplash

Pop – it matters!

Will June 18, 2009
My review of Ismail Kadare’s The Siege is now up.
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Acting Like You Mean It: Show Your Work

Mark of New Jersey June 18, 2009
To a certain extent, I think Freddie’s being too harsh on Reihan in this post.  But at...
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on healthcare

Erik Kain June 18, 2009
I think the one thing that free-market health care advocates have yet to illustrate is, as Freddie...
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support for the VAT with caveats

Freddie June 18, 2009
Health care reform is capable of whittling out some inefficiencies and could, in the long run, save...
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Will the Real Conservatives Please Stay Where You Are?

Chris Dierkes June 17, 2009
Davey over at Theopolitical has a very sharp post up analyzing the epic (can I call it...
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Let Me Love– Til Death Do Us Part

Freddie June 17, 2009
So I wrote this piece last year for Culture11. I wanted to link to it in response...
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why are we asking for health care reform?

Freddie June 17, 2009
Reading Reihan’s post on the costs of health care reform today gave me what has become a...
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Same old, same old Neocons IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426213

Same old, same old Neocons

Chris Dierkes June 17, 2009
A reader writes Andrew: In their desire for Ahmadinejad to succeed, today’s neocons are in complete opposition...
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a quote for the afternoon

Erik Kain June 17, 2009
“If Nixon could go to China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution, which was a hundred...
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The Comforts of Myth

Mark of New Jersey June 17, 2009
I wish that I had something worthwhile to say about Ta-Nahisi Coates’ reaction to completing McPherson’s “Battle...
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“the big lie”

Erik Kain June 17, 2009
I wondered about this the other day.  While I commend Obama’s restraint and am glad that he...
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kindle v twitter

Erik Kain June 17, 2009
I suppose the difference for me between the adopting of these two technologies – Twitter and Kindle...
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talk radio for the kids

Erik Kain June 17, 2009
Conor revisits the talk-radio conundrum at his new Atlantic digs.  I was thinking about this the other...
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working outside

Erik Kain June 17, 2009
So something that’s been on my mind lately is just how much I loathe sitting at a...
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“breezy with freedom”

Erik Kain June 16, 2009
That’s how Joe Klein describes Iran – at least compared to the Soviet Union back in the...
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I’ve lost many books… IFRL-NaPP-Space-nasa-nightlife

I’ve lost many books…

Erik Kain June 16, 2009
…but never one that cost $400.  And usually I lost them by loaning them out.  May as...
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