Monthly Archives: January 2010

Waterworld, Part 2

25th
Jan. × ’10
By Roderick

Tomorrow I head off to San Diego to give a paper at this conference; there are copies of some of the papers (including mine) online. This is the same outfit I went to last year (blogged here and here).

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Rand Unbound, Part 5

25th
Jan. × ’10
By Roderick

Neera Badhwar’s response to Doug Rasmussen’s Cato Unbound essay is online. Doug will post a response to all three of us later this week, and then there’ll be some back-and-forth discussion. I’ll save detailed comments on Neera’s piece for the discussion – and I agree with most of it anyway – but just one quick [...]

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Different Voices

24th
Jan. × ’10
By Roderick

A clip from an upcoming comedy about suicide bombers (CHT AICN):

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The Atrocity of Hope, Part 8: What a Difference a Year Doesn’t Make

24th
Jan. × ’10
By Roderick

Remember that guy who was running for president who was going to bring back the troops from Iraq, close Guantanamo, and put an end to indefinite detention without trial? Barack something? Gee, we sure could use him now. (CHT LRC.)

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The Lost Chord

23rd
Jan. × ’10
By Roderick

There’s an incredibly familiar musical piece at 1:22 of this trailer that I’m blanking on identifying. Please remind me what it is!

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Rand Unbound, Part 4

22nd
Jan. × ’10
By Roderick

Mike Huemer’s response to Doug Rasmussen’s essay is now online. Since there’ll be some back-and-forth among the authors later on, I won’t comment on his piece now; at any rate, it should be obvious from my own piece where my disagreements with his will lie.

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