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open thread

Erik Kain June 11, 2009
via Andrew…. “Cosadein!”
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thursday art walk

Erik Kain June 11, 2009
 The Adoration of the Trinity by Albrecht Dürer
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I 100% agree with Will Wilkinson

Freddie June 11, 2009
on this.
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NoKo Strategery IFRL-NaPP-Asia-GAPD-freer.moonlight-revelry-at-dozo-sagami-122

NoKo Strategery

Chris Dierkes June 11, 2009
On the new AmConMag blog Post-Right (which you should really read), Jack Ross writes: I’d like to...
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Our Clueless Journalistic Elite

Will June 11, 2009
Here’s the problem with amateur punditry: Matthew Yglesias’s list of great songs about people named Al(l)ison manages...
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the civilizational tango

Erik Kain June 11, 2009
I have described progressive and conservative politics as existing in a sort of necessary “civilizational tango.”   This...
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Respecting the Founders

Mark of New Jersey June 11, 2009
The response to the “America is a Christian nation” meme is usually to argue that the Founders...
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“the agenda”

Will June 11, 2009
Reihan Salam has a new blog. Cool.
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great diavlog with Lindsey and Frum IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-44605319845_802954371a_o

great diavlog with Lindsey and Frum

Freddie June 10, 2009
Brink Lindsey and David Frum are a couple of guys who I disagree with a lot, and...
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two graphs

Erik Kain June 10, 2009
Following up on this post from yesterday, on von’s post here, I provide (via Yglesias) yet another...
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Failed Binary Middle East Lenses: Lebanon and Iranian Elections Edition IFRL-TLC-Scenery-DoekKldXUAAfeUs

Failed Binary Middle East Lenses: Lebanon and Iranian Elections Edition

Chris Dierkes June 10, 2009
I realize this is the editorial page of the neocon Washington Post, but I find this kind...
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thoughts on socialized medicine

Erik Kain June 10, 2009
I like Yglesias’s idea: I actually think there’s a very strong case on the merits for a...
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Foreign Affairs Reporting Pet Peeve

Chris Dierkes June 10, 2009
This NyTimes article on a local Pakistani villager uprising against the Taliban in NorthWest Frontier Province refers...
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“Methland”

Will June 10, 2009
A depressing book review from Bill Kauffman.
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Sometimes We’re Wrong

Will June 10, 2009
Ta-Nehisi Coates, writing on conservatism: But if you are the slave, that essentially conservative approach will always...
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Understanding Markets

Mark of New Jersey June 9, 2009
E.D. thinks that market economics don’t apply to education.  Chris disagrees, but thinks that market economics ultimately...
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over at Obsidian Wings

Erik Kain June 9, 2009
von uses the graph (below) to illustrate how horrible Obama’s projected deficits are compared to Bush’s then...
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war…

Erik Kain June 9, 2009
…with these people would be a tragic mistake.  I hope we can avert it, and I hope...
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reinventing the spiel

Erik Kain June 9, 2009
What can one say about Frank Gaffney’s recent Washington Times piece that is worthy of such a...
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“The Persecution of Sarah Palin”

Will June 9, 2009
Matthew Continetti is obviously a smart guy and one of my favorite bloggingheads participants, so why the...
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