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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Atlantic flows


The Atlantic website, probably my favorite spot for stimulating debate, has some great blog posts today.

Andrew Sullivan writes what I would write on the debate over the credit W. Bush should receive for the Arab revolution if I had the time (skill?).

Derek Thompson helpfully complicates the question “Who Killed the Unions?”

And Kiran Moodley shows why the phrase “Obamacare” is so bogus yet popular.






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