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Erik Kain May 22, 2009
…Rush?  Cheney?  Levin?  Beck?  O’Reilly?  Or is the Mancow the only one with the stones not only...
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The Guilt By Religious Association Canard

Mark of New Jersey May 22, 2009
Ken at Popehat has what our friend Kip rightly calls an “important post” up about PZ Myers’...
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health care and confidence

Erik Kain May 22, 2009
The question of whether or not to nationalize health care is often framed within a discussion of...
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Department of Idiotic Ideas

Will May 22, 2009
The FTC looks into regulating blogger credibility.
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this…

Erik Kain May 22, 2009
…is just frightening to me.  It’s stomach-turning. Conor is right – this just isn’t something a decent...
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Where We Fight

Will May 21, 2009
Sonny Bunch responds to my earlier post, arguing that overseas military operations divert potential terrorists from domestic...
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Nice Plan Mr. President…Sure Hope It Lasts

Chris Dierkes May 21, 2009
ED writes: I’ve mentioned before that one of the greatest threats to liberty is the imperial presidency. ...
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thursday art walk

Erik Kain May 21, 2009
The Captivity is as Barbarous as the Crime by Fransisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes
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a tale of two speeches

Erik Kain May 21, 2009
“Obama’s is the speech of a young senator who was once a part-time law professor–platitudinous and preachy,...
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Get this man a blog

Will May 21, 2009
TAP’s Adam Serwer (emphasis mine): I don’t buy this framing. The fact is that there is no...
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lightning strikes

Erik Kain May 21, 2009
After the leap…
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Terror Talk

Will May 21, 2009
In the wake of another botched terror attack, it’s worth noting that the Islamists’ post-9/11 track record...
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Notes from a Vacation

Notes from a Vacation

Mark of New Jersey May 20, 2009
My wife and I just returned from Belgium and Prague, where we took a wonderful vacation.  I’m...
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around the web on May 20th

Erik Kain May 20, 2009
Paul Romer envisions Hong Kong like city-states for developing countries. Stephen Walt discusses realism and tolerance, using...
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Adaptation

Erik Kain May 20, 2009
Lots of blame to go around in the current decimation of the conservative movement.  I wanted to...
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a brief history of weed

Erik Kain May 20, 2009
after the jump…
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Born Fighting

Will May 20, 2009
The author of The Village Voice’s Terminator review must be a Jim Webb fan (emphasis mine): Moon...
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the last word

Erik Kain May 20, 2009
“The last word” is the most dangerous of infernal machines; and husband and wife should no more...
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Flip a COIN

Chris Dierkes May 19, 2009
With the apparent (and horrifically bloody) demise of the Tamil Tigers it’s worth I think reviewing the...
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Who are you going to believe, the NBA or your lying eyes?

Freddie May 19, 2009
Briefly– it’s standard practice for the defenders of the NBA to laugh off anyone who thinks that...
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