Posts from September 2007

    Rob’s idea

    by Hiram Johnson

    Rob over at my favorite blog outside of my own has a great take on this Ed Schultz fiasco where Ed Schultz supposedly tried to hit some nice Californian Republican in the face while at some bar in Minnesota. For no reason, according to the blogosphere!

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    Posted at 09 September 07 at 23.09 in Guest Authors

    On the Constitutional Convention

    by mumbles

    A meditation on the value of change in American politics

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    Posted at 08 September 07 at 14.09 in Law, Books

    Development, from cornfield to cookie-cutter house

    by mumbles

    While Last Harvest paints an appealing picture of the future of housing development in America, it is perhaps not entirely honest. It is a book searching for a silver lining. Admittedly, it finds one, but that is not enough to lighten the storm cloud that is suburban development.

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    Posted at 08 September 07 at 10.09 in Books

    Inventing English

    by mumbles

    A reader who simply thinks it would be neat to know where a few words came from would probably not find this book very beneficial. But the kind of reader who would be fascinated to read rallying sermon written in 900 or so to urge the troops on to victory over invading foreigners will find Lerer’s work downright fascinating.

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    Posted at 07 September 07 at 12.09 in Books