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Author: Robert Farley

Grounded Eagles

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On November 12, 2007
Christian at Defense Tech has a nice rundown on the "grounded Eagles" problem; if you hadn't heard, the USAF grounded its entire fleet of F-15s after a plane broke up in flight a couple of weeks ago. Discussion continues as to whether the problem is...

Armistice Day

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On November 11, 2007

The Great War ended 89 years ago today; I continue to prefer concrete remembrance of that war to the abstraction that is Veterans Day. Depending on how you count, there.

Blast!!!

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On November 11, 2007
I was looking forward to taunting Ohio State fans in Cincinnati as the Ducks pulled 30 points ahead in the national championship game, then getting savagely beaten by said fans. Now, I may just have to head down to New Orleans and watch the game...

Mailer

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On November 10, 2007

1923-2007.Mailer has been a relative blind spot among American novelists for me; I've only read The Naked and the Dead (on the subject I prefer James Jones) and Armies of.

The China-Pakistan Relationship

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On November 9, 2007
Via Yglesias, China Hand has a pretty interesting post about China's influence over the Pakistani decision to crack down in Waziristan and at Lal Masjid:It was, after all, the provocative kidnapping of 7 PRC nationals that compelled Musharraf—reportedly under heavy Chinese pressure—to abandon a policy...

Centrist Fallacy

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On November 9, 2007

To add just a bit to Atrios' point, Centrism in the Blogosphere is the idea that people of all ideologies can come together to worship Glenn Reynolds.

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