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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…

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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(Not) Disproving Public Choice

Mark of New Jersey June 16, 2009
Last week, the Blogger Still Known As Publius wrote a nice piece arguing that the potential-to-likely passage...
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on the fly vs fly on the wall

Erik Kain June 16, 2009
Scott is right, of course.  The blogging community functions more like a sawed off shotgun than one...
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The Role of Shia Theology in The Revolt

Chris Dierkes June 16, 2009
Andrew writes: It seems clear that the protesters have shrewdly as well as sincerely adopted mass peaceful...
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a quote for a cloudy summer morning

Erik Kain June 16, 2009
“Moussavi passed through this system of ideological control; he’s no radical reformer. But what’s happened is that...
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don’t just do something, sit there

Erik Kain June 16, 2009
Props on the title go to Eunomia commenter Grumpy Old Man who was commenting on the second...
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…I was a Flower of the mountain

Freddie June 16, 2009
yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I...
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Some Real “F”ers

Chris Dierkes June 15, 2009
Andrew Sullivan posts this video:  Violence Warning.   Sullivan is creating a series (more here, here, and here). ...
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good theology

Erik Kain June 15, 2009
So a while back I posted on the art of magic in fiction.  I asked readers what...
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follow the money

Erik Kain June 15, 2009
Steve Hynd writes:
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Figuring Out Iran

Mark of New Jersey June 15, 2009
I’ve been trying to catch up on what happened over the weekend in Iran, and is continuing...
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twitter

Erik Kain June 15, 2009
Here’s a good resource for Iran-related twitter updates/photos etc.  Right now, lots of tweets asking Twitter not...
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the big picture

Erik Kain June 15, 2009
The Big Picture has some amazing, startling photos up on the protests.  Momentum is building.  This is...
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