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Book Review: Benazir Bhutto’s Reconciliation IFRL-TLC-Patterns-24144420577_ddd02c8a18_b

Book Review: Benazir Bhutto’s Reconciliation

Chris Dierkes June 1, 2009
I realize I’m a little behind on this book (it came out last year), but my wife...
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traction?

Freddie June 1, 2009
It seems the absurdity of Slate’s subheads and jumpheads that I’m always complaining about has caught the...
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What consolation of philosphy? IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-440048

What consolation of philosphy?

William Brafford May 31, 2009
“Critchley leafs through the pages of his register and concludes, as did Montaigne, that the consolation of...
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Sunday Poem Series

Freddie May 31, 2009
from Poem 64 by Catullus, translated by Horace Gregory (Some people don’t like Gregory’s translation because of...
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Principles

Mark of New Jersey May 29, 2009
…When a talk show host accuses someone who disagrees with them of hating their country or expresses...
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Ricci, Impartiality, and Empathy IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-met.panoramic-view-of-the-palace-and-gardens-of-versailles

Ricci, Impartiality, and Empathy

Mark of New Jersey May 29, 2009
At the risk of beating a dead horse, Jack Balkin pens a magnificent piece on how criticism...
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thursday art walk

Erik Kain May 29, 2009
A day late – I blame the holiday. This one is “Cathedral in Winter” by Ernst Ferdinand...
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But What About the Real Economy? IFRL-TLC-Scenery-loc17

But What About the Real Economy?

Chris Dierkes May 29, 2009
Noah Millman writes: But if we get a true dollar crisis, that calculus no longer obtains. If...
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Job Opening

Will May 29, 2009
If only I had a few more years of marketing experience under my belt . . .
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John Derbyshire and the Wise Latina IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-nationalgallery.saint-jerome-in-his-study-46

John Derbyshire and the Wise Latina

Erik Kain May 29, 2009
“Judge Sotomayor was raised in public housing? So was I. Her mother was a nurse working late...
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it doesn’t matter how horrific they are… IFRL-Mindiv-Society-GAPD-uffizi.portrait-of-maria-adelaide-of-france-in-turkish-style-clothes-149

it doesn’t matter how horrific they are…

Erik Kain May 28, 2009
Obama needs to release the photos, even if they do show pictures of the rape of detainees. ...
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In Defense of Figureheads IFRL-TLC-War-ben-koorengevel-252365-unsplash

In Defense of Figureheads

Will May 28, 2009
Using Geraldo Rivera as a barometer of Latino opinion is probably a bad idea, but there was...
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continuity and the culture of death

Erik Kain May 28, 2009
1 a: the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body b: a...
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a quote, taken out of context, for the morning IFRL-TLC-War-kris-cros-1194186-unsplash

a quote, taken out of context, for the morning

Erik Kain May 28, 2009
“If this evil monkey god wants to accompany me to the first committee meeting of the fall,...
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As if you needed another reason to hate LA IFRL-TLC-Scenery-34594058095_1e6a7eb443_o

As if you needed another reason to hate LA

Will May 28, 2009
How arrogant are the Lakers? Thanks for asking. So arrogant that they feel free to change the...
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Run Sestak Run

Chris Dierkes May 27, 2009
He says he’s in against Specter.  Good for him. Pennsylvania is going deep blue.  And the Penn...
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Thoughts on the Champions League Final IFRL-NaPP-Retro-800px-France_in_XXI_Century._Little_robbers

Thoughts on the Champions League Final

Will May 27, 2009
After an unbearably over-hyped build-up, Barcelona’s 2-0 victory over Manchester United was pretty darn anti-climactic. Adding insult...
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Stop the attacks?

Erik Kain May 27, 2009
Matthew Schmitz wants counter-conservatives to stop attacking the right-wing talk radio pundits: If the goal of Conor...
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a quote for the end of the afternoon

Erik Kain May 27, 2009
“A series of cataclysmic events leads to the annihilation of a war-mongering elite. All that remains is...
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The Relevance of Experience

Mark of New Jersey May 27, 2009
Commenter Mike Farmer expresses an objection to my and Mr. Larison’s defenses of Judge Sotomayor’s “wise Latina...
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