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From the Department of Bad Promotional Ideas IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-freer.a-breath-of-spring-46

From the Department of Bad Promotional Ideas

Will June 2, 2009
Townhall Magazine’s sweet new giveaway: Newt Gingrich and Jackie Gingrich Cushman have recently written 5 Principles for...
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the great thing about being a father (part 1)

Erik Kain June 2, 2009
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought...
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Richard Dreyfuss: The Original Ordinary Gent? IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-gemaldegalerie.architectural-veduta-170

Richard Dreyfuss: The Original Ordinary Gent?

Mark of New Jersey June 2, 2009
We here at the LOG like to think we hold a fairly wide range of opinions on...
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near home, after rain

Erik Kain June 1, 2009
But first, the leap… —- —-
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Honest to god, IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-loc22

Honest to god,

Freddie June 1, 2009
I can’t imagine a stupider course of action, given this country’s demographics and demographics to be, than...
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bad craziness indeed

Erik Kain June 1, 2009
I guess I just don’t understand this kind of hatred.  I just don’t understand it.
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not nearly enough

Erik Kain June 1, 2009
From hilzoy: “I am strongly pro-choice, but I think it is perfectly possible to be opposed to...
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WWJD? IFRL-NaPP-Retro-800px-France_in_XXI_Century._Little_robbers

WWJD?

Mark of New Jersey June 1, 2009
Alex Knapp has the definitive take on whether Jesus would have waterboarded, as some have claimed.  It’s...
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George Tiller IFRL-TLC-Patterns-30097865217_0c5cc36379_o

George Tiller

Erik Kain June 1, 2009
“It is out of characterfor the left to neglect the weak and helpless. The traditional mark of...
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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…

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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