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Same as It Ever Was

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I can't be the only one to think that this cover art is just... fabulous in so many ways. In other stuff that you should be reading:Doug Muir on Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the first leader of independent Georgia.Myers and Shanker on the difficulties of conducting diplomacy with...

Extremists

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This is indeed amazing:McCain's decision to leave the platform untouched follows a warning from a prominent social conservative."If he were to change the party platform," to account for exceptions such as rape, incest or risk to the mother's life, "I think that would be political suicide,"...

Egads

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On August 20, 2008

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Ahem.... I guess that I've always been mildly curious about how often this goes on. In eleven years of teaching, I have never been solicited once, nor (and you'll have.

Roe v. Kuhn

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On August 20, 2008

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One way of sorting out peoples' politics of law is to ask them if they find Harry Blackmun's opinion for the Court in Roe v. Wade or Flood v. Kuhn.

Whither NATO Revisited

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On August 20, 2008

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I'm not sure I get all of this handwringing over the NATO response to the war between Russia and Georgia. There is a really simple, clearly understandable explanation for why.

What’s a normal body?

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On August 20, 2008

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One of the strangest aspects of the moral panic over fat in our culture is the bizarre concept that having a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 is "normal." It certainly.

Another Pro-Polluter Regulation Tossed

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Another Bush administration change in E.P.A. regulations -- also reflective of the legendary Republican commitment to "federalism" -- has been rejected by the courts as inconsistent with the Clean Air Act, almost as if that act was intended to require the executive to reduce pollution rather...

Please, Please, Please

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On August 19, 2008

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If only this were right. Ru9dy! Giul11ani would be an even better choice than Mittens! I especially like this logic:- Might put NY in enough play to make Obama spend.

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Hammers

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On August 19, 2008

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The family and I took a brief trip to Haines, Alaska, this weekend to visit some friends. Between trips to refill the growler at the local brewery, I ventured out.

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