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Month: October 2014

Backfire!

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In Robert Farley
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On October 31, 2014
My latest at the Diplomat highlights some recent work on how the Tu-22M Backfire affected US and Soviet naval doctrine: The Tu-22M Backfire bomber entered service in 1972, with the Soviets eventually producing almost 500 aircraft.  Theories about the plane abounded (some argued that it...

Heroes of the day

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On October 31, 2014

Kaci Hickox and Judge Charles LaVerdiere. LaVerdiere: “We would not be here today unless Respondent generously, kindly and with compassion lent her skills to aid, comfort and care for individuals.

A Conservative Halloween

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In General
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On October 31, 2014
Conservatives are such fun people. They can't let a holiday go without turning it into part of the culture war. The American Spectator clearly planned this one for awhile: Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, and Michael Myers kill kids rushing to become adults. Is it too...
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It's hard to argue against the point that Frank Gehry is a terrible architect: Gehry long ago stopped pursuing any interesting material or tectonic experimentation—and he used to be an interesting architect!—to become the multi-billion dollar equivalent of a Salvador Dalì poster tacked to the...

The Roots of a Disaster

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In General
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On October 31, 2014
Path dependence in Mississippi: Where they existed, public services were sparse and utterly segregated. Anything public had to be kept separate from blacks, or degraded, if that wasn’t possible. To get a sense of the scale of white resistance in Mississippi, consider this: During the...
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