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Who's the Partisan Hack? (by Don Boudreaux)
Who's the Partisan Hack? (by Don Boudreaux)
Brad DeLong says that his blog is "Reality-Based." And, indeed, it often offers sound, reasonable, clear-eyed commentary - stuff that I typically find valuable even when I disagree with it; indeed, chiefly when I disagree with it. But not always....
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Weekly Standard Blog — ... a "thought-provoking" message, according to ABC. In the sport of Shameless Race-Card Playing, Rep. James Clyburn has just reached the Olympics, by pulling the slavery card on Gov. Mark Sanford. "We are not potted plants." Joe the Plumber vs. Israeli reporter on Israel's right to defend itself. Curiouser and curiouser. Two men stoned for adultery in Iran. The unexpected consequences of TARP. Econo-bloggers throw down over stimulus plan. Bernie Sanders ...

I was too late to be insulted
SCSUScholars — ... Don Boudreaux points out that being opposed to the Obama Spendorama isn't just about it not working. Even if it did, one might object on ethical grounds: ...

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