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Sunday Poem Series IFRL-Mindiv-vlah-dumitru-519775-unsplash

Sunday Poem Series

Freddie May 17, 2009
The Golf Links Sarah Norcliffe Leghorn The golf links lie so near the mill That almost every...
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Saturday Juke Joint

Chris Dierkes May 16, 2009
Back by popular demand positive comments from Dave and Will and the fact that with Scott gone...
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George R.R. Martin is not your bitch. IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-31837358563_2a043dbf2e_o

George R.R. Martin is not your bitch.

Erik Kain May 15, 2009
Well, it looks like HBO will begin shooting the pilot episode for George R. R. Martin’s A...
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I was a teenage border patrol agent IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-gemaldegalerie.the-wings-of-the-wurzach-altar-4

I was a teenage border patrol agent

Will May 15, 2009
This is, without a doubt, the creepiest thing you will read all week: The responding officers —...
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an ocean full of paper boats

Erik Kain May 15, 2009
“I may as well admit that I have been more influenced (as a person) by my childhood...
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Transatlanticism

Will May 15, 2009
Via Reason, here’s an interesting article on Europe and the United States’ cultural and political commonalities. Worth...
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(non)coercion

Chris Dierkes May 14, 2009
Reading over Will’s post about Geert Wilders’ manifesto to save Western Civilization got me thinking.  Not so...
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thursday art walk

Erik Kain May 14, 2009
The 2000 Yard Stare by Tom Lea
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Quote of the Day

Chris Dierkes May 14, 2009
Goes to Mr. Coates: But the whole game is based on a deep ignorance, and arrogance–an inability...
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secrets and substance

Erik Kain May 14, 2009
“So if the Democrats want a truth commission, and the Republicans and Dick Cheney want a truth...
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Gladwell Responds

Will May 14, 2009
To his basketball critics.
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The Pakistan is on the Brink Meme

Chris Dierkes May 13, 2009
Unfortunately the Obama administration has been falling for this one, putting pressure on the weak civilian government...
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congratulations are in order…

Erik Kain May 13, 2009
….to John Schwenkler and J.L. Wall who have new digs at The American Conservative. Upturned Earth and...
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You lost me there. IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Hirosage-UnexpectedRainfall

You lost me there.

William Brafford May 13, 2009
So I’m pretty excited about tonight’s season finale of Lost. I’ve been watching steadily since the last...
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No one is criticizing Rush Limbaugh’s business acumen

Will May 13, 2009
Or questioning the extent of his audience. Or his talent for talk radio. Or any of that...
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the imperial presidency (again)

Erik Kain May 13, 2009
I read I, Claudius and Claudius the God recently.  In Rome after Julius Caesar, the winds of...
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teaching and choice

Erik Kain May 13, 2009
So we’ve gone some rounds in the teaching/education debate – with Will, Freddie, John, Conor, Sonny and...
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Former ‘Top Gun’ Stunt Pilot Leads “Most Dangerous Shuttle Mission Ever” to Repair Orbiting Telescope IFRL-TLC-Scenery-steve-halama-388088-unsplash

Former ‘Top Gun’ Stunt Pilot Leads “Most Dangerous Shuttle Mission Ever” to Repair Orbiting Telescope

Will May 13, 2009
And the headline really doesn’t do justice to how badass this sounds. I just hope someone acquires...
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The Perils of Twitter

Will May 13, 2009
Oops: Utah official accidentally tweets Senate bid
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On Having the Truth

Guest Authors May 12, 2009
by kyle cupp I picked a fight with a book the other day. It was a work...
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