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Because Racism, Lethal Edition

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In Dave Brockington
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On February 21, 2014
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In the wake of the George Zimmerman acquittal, Lisa Wade discussed some data which contrasted justifiable homicide rates in stand-your-ground states to those without. Not terribly shocking, "In SYG states, 13.6% of homicides were ruled justifiable; in non-SYG states, only 7.2% were deemed such." With the hung...

Strategerizing Mark IV

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On February 20, 2014

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A bit more on airpower, seapower, and strategic theorizing: The ongoing debates over airpower theory, seapower theory, and strategic theory more generally have glided over three issues: the division between domains of action,.

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And In Today’s Important News

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In General
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On February 20, 2014
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If constitutional monarchy is good for anything, surely Marie-Philip Poulin will have been declared the Prime Minister of Canada before the end of the evening. Also, for Americans inclined to ride the waaaaaambulance, well, it's certainly true that warning or no warning to call the slashing...
This commercial is getting heavy rotation during the Olympics coverage. Its social theory is that Americans live in multimillion dollar houses because they work harder than the latte-sipping denizens of various European welfare states. Yes it's "only" a car commercial. (I can practically see the smirk...

Ukraine

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On February 20, 2014

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If you are like me, you know basically nothing about Ukraine and the protests going on there. This was tremendously useful. In part: More subtly, what this campaign does is.

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