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We used to be friends IFRL-TLC-Scenery-niklas-herrmann-1212943-unsplash

We used to be friends

Will May 7, 2009
A charming story on the enduring Obama-Coburn friendship.
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“A Tale of Two Exurbs”

Will May 7, 2009
One downside to Republicans’ lack of interest in “new ideas” is that they’ve effectively ceded policy discussions...
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“Bankers get fired, people who fail poor black kids don’t” IFRL-Mindiv-Society-44875501472_518f3f7757_b

“Bankers get fired, people who fail poor black kids don’t”

Will May 6, 2009
I suspect conservatives will find a lot to like in Geoffrey Canada’s full-spectrum approach to inner-city education.
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Teachers Unions, Performance Pay, and Autonomy

Erik Kain May 6, 2009
Conor’s latest posts (here and here) sparked off a pretty decent debate in the comments over at...
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A Quote for the Afternoon

Mark of New Jersey May 6, 2009
Via Brad Warbiany at the Liberty Papers. Doug Bandow,David Rittgers, Cato@Liberty: As I have said before, the quickest...
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Colbert Off the Bicycle

Chris Dierkes May 6, 2009
If you didn’t watch Colbert last night, go here and do.  The first 2/3 was unreal.  A++. ...
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Teaching Moments

Will May 6, 2009
This depressing Los Angeles Times story inspired a pretty interesting debate on teacher unions over at the...
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a quote for the morning

Erik Kain May 6, 2009
“Republicans have become embarrassing to watch. And it doesn’t feel right to make fun of crazy people....
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heat

Erik Kain May 5, 2009
In my current place – where I sit and type this right this very moment – it...
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going to war with the army you have IFRL-Plague-AngelOfDeath

going to war with the army you have

Erik Kain May 5, 2009
“Rather than deep moral and spiritual renewal leading to civic health, what if it’s our national solipsism...
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The Underdog IFRL-TLC-Patterns-GAPD-reinasofia.queipo-de-llanos-hallelujah-civil-war-poster-37-44

The Underdog

Will May 5, 2009
Gladwell’s latest article is a fun excursion, replete with guerrilla tactics, the press defense, and a few...
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Libertarianism, Rightly Understood IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-rijks.portrait-of-a-couple-with-two-children-and-a-nursemaid-in-a-landscape

Libertarianism, Rightly Understood

Will May 5, 2009
Libertarianism does have public relations problems, and it’s not because most people are stupid or immoral. It’s...
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Let’s not call it exceptionalism. IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Hirosage-SeascapeInSatta

Let’s not call it exceptionalism.

William Brafford May 5, 2009
I do appreciate what Mark is trying to do. The stereotypical American exceptionalist wants to argue that...
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Best Analysis of Pakistan IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.stormclouds-over-the-castle-tower-in-dresden

Best Analysis of Pakistan

Chris Dierkes May 4, 2009
If you are not reading China Matters on Pakistan you must.  Start here. Key quote: But nobody...
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An Exceptionally Moral United States IFRL-TLC-Patterns-GAPD-reinasofia.the-open-window-61

An Exceptionally Moral United States

Mark of New Jersey May 4, 2009
I have a confession to make.  Despite all my criticisms of waterboarding, American foreign policy interventionism, and...
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To Helmet or Not to Helmet? IFRL-Mindiv-pawel-czerwinski-1249523-unsplash

To Helmet or Not to Helmet?

Erik Kain May 4, 2009
David has some interesting musings up on the Dutch bicycle, the sublime, and the pros and cons...
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Damn you, baaa-studs! IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tretyakov.the-last-tavern-at-the-city-gates-155

Damn you, baaa-studs!

Erik Kain May 4, 2009
Wow.
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Simon Johnson’s… IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-44925486531_c5ecc1a80e_o

Simon Johnson’s…

Erik Kain May 4, 2009
…Quiet Coup, over at the Atlantic, is excellent.  I read the print version because I can’t read...
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Response o’ the Day to the Line o’ the Day

Chris Dierkes May 4, 2009
Jaybird in response to greginak’s comment: A well regulated Argument, being necessary to the security of a...
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Poulos on Taylor on Re-Structured University Education

Chris Dierkes May 4, 2009
James Poulos points to this Mark C. Taylor op-ed in the NyTimes on ending the university as...
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