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In Medias Res

Essays, notes, and fragments--personal, political, and philosophical--from the midst of things

"Provocative, yet flawed."--Stephen Schneck

Friday, July 29, 2011

Summer Soundtrack Friday Morning Videos: "When the Going Gets Tough"

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This one was hard to find too, and the movie wasn't really worth the effort. But for the all-around awesome Danny DeVito, any price mus...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

"So, this Debt Ceiling Thing is Routine, or the End of the World?"

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Ah, Toby Ziegler, where are you when we need you?
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Debt Ceilings and Democratic Despair

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My wife rarely gets engaged--must less enraged--by politics. This isn't because she doesn't have any concerns or lacks informed opin...
Monday, July 25, 2011

Liberals, Neoliberals, and Saints

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Last week, the big conversation amongst politics and political theory blogs was an argument over neoliberalism, begun by Henry Farrell here ...
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Friday, July 22, 2011

Summer Soundtrack Friday Morning Videos: "Purple Rain"

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Though I've returned from our vacation, and took a Harry Potter break last week I think I'm going to keep this feature running for ...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

That's About Right

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Biking in to work this morning, at 9:30am, and seeing as I passed a bank sign that it was already 91 degrees out, I figured this had to be ...
Monday, July 18, 2011

What 3900 Miles in a Toyota Sienna Can Bring You

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So, about our long family journey--we left on Saturday, June 25, arrived home on Monday July 11, and in those 17 days had some wonderful tim...
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St. Hogwart's Fire (or, Hogwarts 90210)

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Jacob Levy linked me to this old cartoon by Lucy Knisley over the weekend, guessing that I'd be pretty much it's perfect target aud...
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Friday, July 15, 2011

Pötterdämmerung (or, It Ends, Again)

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[Art by RLKarnes , here .] Well, we're back from vacation. And just in time for the Twilight of the Gods, Potter-style--or in other word...
Friday, July 08, 2011

Summer Soundtrack Friday Morning Videos: "If You Leave"

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Not much that can be said about this one, is there? From what was pretty clearly John Hughes's best work , I think.
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