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Month: November 2011

Racism & Rumours of Racism

November 30, 2011Will Truman 21 Comments

I have found myself in multiple instances over the past week deflecting accusations of racism. This is a rather odd position for me to be in and a role I am not entirely comfortable with, to be perfectly honest. Mostly,… Continue Reading →

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A Financial Marshall Plan

November 29, 2011Burt Likko

A collapse of the Eurozone would be a disaster of 1929-like proportions. But what’s for us in the United States to do about it? The Eurozone is a bigger economy than the USA, and there are a multiplicity of apparently… Continue Reading →

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Monday Trivia #38

November 28, 2011Will Truman 36 Comments

The top thirteen states on this ranking are, in order: Hawaii, Arizona, Delaware, Rhode Island, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Idaho, Indiana, Colorado, Wyoming, Tennessee, Massachusetts, and then North Dakota.

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Holding Court At The Bottom

November 23, 2011Will Truman 3 Comments

Sheila Tone is a coblogger of mine over at Hit Coffee. Despite the fact that she doesn’t post very often, a not-insignificant part of my readership is there to read her and not me. She’s a family services lawyer that… Continue Reading →

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A Quick Theological Question

November 23, 2011Burt Likko 3 Comments

Asked with sincerity, not snark. To a Muslim, Islam is the “voluntary submission to God.” How is that different than the Christian concept of grace?

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Theocratic Quips Less Scary Than Advertised

November 22, 2011Burt Likko 2 Comments

I’m enjoying the process of deflagging quotes. Today, I came across an article on Slate describing what are portrayed as theocratic tendencies among Republican Presidential candidates. So without referencing the original Slate article with these quotes, see if you can match… Continue Reading →

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The Front Lines of Rural Medicine

November 22, 2011Will Truman 32 Comments

{Every now and again, I have to “get out of my system” something that has been bothering me. I know the time has come because when, instead of just clearing the deck and writing a post about it, it starts… Continue Reading →

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Monday Trivia #37

November 21, 2011Will Truman 23 Comments

Hello all. I will be taking over the Monday Trivia for at least a while. I do not expect to be as good as Burt at finding questions that are both difficult but answerable. I have a couple coming down… Continue Reading →

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Slow News Sunday Possibly Part Poodle Post

November 21, 2011Will Truman

Yes, the title is completely ripped off from Elias. Hopefully he does not mind. Perhaps the greatest thing about dogs is how responsive they are when you are glum. They don’t have the slightest clue about what to do about… Continue Reading →

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An Aspirational Quiz

November 20, 2011Burt Likko

Inspired by Tod Kelly’s claim that we U.S. Americans are really closer to one another politically than we think, following is a quiz. All remarks are taken from the speeches of either John McCain or Barack Obama accepting their respective… Continue Reading →

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