I put together a little vlog to cap off my guest week at Democracy in America — since they’re having some trouble with embedding for the moment, I’ll mirror it here until it’s running there:

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Kerry notes that Garance Franke Ruta has proposed raising the age of consent for “providing erotic content on film” to 21. There’s a tiny part of me that half wants to see this happen just so I can watch the extent of GFR’s “That’s not what I meant!” freakout when some 21 year old woman […]

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This is just a phenomenally well-done music video, though arguably a couple years behind the cutting edge in GAP ads:

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First post is up over at DIA…

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I’ll be guesting over at The Economist‘s politics blog, Democracy in America this week, so check there if posting is light here. I’ve been requested to refrain from characterizing parties with whom I may disagree as “douchebags,” which could make it difficult to discuss American politics, but I’ll do my best. Possibly it’s just that […]

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I just noticed this from the Dem primary debates the other night: Dennis Kucinich brandishing a copy of Cato’s edition of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.

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So, last year around this time, I had a mini dust-up over at Hit and Run with my old pal Andrew Chamberlain about the Tax Foundation’s “Tax Freedom Day“—the national one’s today, if you’re inclined to celebrate—which is supposed to mark the dividing-line in the year between “days Americans work to pay taxes” and “days […]

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Eugene Volokh is puzzled by pundit bristling at Rudy Giuliani’s “milking [his] 9/11 reputation for crass political gain.” And I guess I agree: If you were perceived as a strong leader during a time of national crisis, certainly there’s no reason not to advance this as a reason you’re qualified for higher office. But it […]

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Roomie, colleague, and ex-traordinaire on Fox’s Red Eye.

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Folk are meeting at noon at the cultural office of the Egyptian embassy on Friday to demand the release of the jailed Egyptian blogger. Visit FreeKareem.org for more info, or RSVP at the Facebook page for the protest.

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