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Illiberal Liberalism? Not so much

A whole slew of conservative (or conservative-ish) writers are taking on the idea of "illiberal liberalism," by which they mean a liberalism that tries...

They Just Need One More Hit…

The big auto companies are back for more money. Color me shocked.  Really, just stunned in surprise. It seems as though the only rationale...

On Liberaltarianism

Will Wilkinson rightly diagnoses the Republican Party's brain drain: smart people don't want to hang around with "flag-waving moral reactionaries" no matter how much...

More Hilarity at National Review

Mark Hemingway is upset because the NY Times suggests that more GOP governors favor the stimulus than actually do. Fine, fair enough. Perhaps the...

Do Presidential Historians Have Short Memories?

In honor or Presidents' Day, C-SPAN released the results of a survey given to 64 presidential historians, asking them to rank all the presidents...

Gettin' Real About Realism

Will has an interesting post below about realism/constructivism, which I'd take issue with on one important part.  Namely, both suffer from an unrealistically statist...

Realism: Begging the Question

Harvard students had Monday off for President's Day and I made use of my free time by checking in on the final day of...

Libertarians are fun.

http://www.youtube.com/v/dEDIyztZGBA&hl=en&fs=1 Also, w/r/t Sam's post on how few Americans believe in evolution, I'd suggest there's no way to ask an un-loaded question about evolution.  Gallup...

Disturbing Poll of the Week

On the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, only 39% of Americans believe in his theory of evolution. This is, naturally, quite disturbing. But there...

Big Thought

As someone who studies history, one of the persistent historical puzzles is why America never developed a sizeable left.  By "left" I don't mean...