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April 4, 2020

Q is for Quarantine

I don’t know about you, but I feel better knowing what is really going on.

November 16, 2009

Wanted: Non-corrupt conservative leaders to defend civil liberties

David Weigel reports that David Keene of the American Conservative Union and Grover Norquist of Club for Growth Americans for Tax Reform have come out in favor of closing Gitmo and trying terror suspects...

September 4, 2009

Fisk me gently

Chris Bodenner picks apart some dumb objections to closing Gitmo. Memo to the Dish: Keep the interns blogging after Sullivan gets back from vacation.

May 21, 2009

Nice Plan Mr. President…Sure Hope It Lasts

ED writes: I’ve mentioned before that one of the greatest threats to liberty is the imperial presidency. Once the executive gathers up power, it is – like any other human institution – loath to...

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March 27, 2025

James Joyce's Ulysse

POETS Day! On James Joyce’s Ulysses with a Few Poems Thrown In

October 6, 2023

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