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Denmark is a pack of dogs

If you have never heard of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, and you love a good long immersion in a book, stop reading this blog right now and go pick up the book.‚  Don't be deterred by the Oprah sticker on the fr...
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We need more of these

Foreign policy would make more sense to such a large group of people if we could reliably often discuss it using rap feuds as examples. Tongue could be firmly planted in cheek here, but Marc Lynch makes a coup...
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Republicans be crazy!

Tab dump! So I've got three articles sitting in my Firefox window, and I need to get rid of them if I'm going to scratch this itch at the back of my brain. Over the weekend last week three separate articles...
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A word of inspiration

So, I got unemployed a long time ago (back in March, he says, dusting off the cobwebs from Overthinking It), and was sitting in my apartment applying for jobs with my girlfriend this morning, when I came across...
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Watchmen is not as weird as it should be

The deconstructionist middle finger of Alan Moore's "Watchmen" showed an industry built around taking masked heroes seriously just how silly it was. It was the punk kid in the back of the classroom who knew...
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I unfriended my mother on Facebook

I thought it was bad when my mom joined Facebook.‚  It was my fault.‚  I did that thing where you add pictures then invite friends via email to view your photos.‚  I thought she would be able to see my photos w...