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Wm. F. Buckley, RIP
I enjoyed his writing even though I dissented from his brand of conservatism, and he always struck me as an honorable and charitable fellow. For better or worse, he hugely influenced American politics. RIP.
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Holy pizza!
Today I went to a pizzeria near the Pergamon musem in Berlin called “Twelve Apostles.” Each pizza is named after one of the apostles: I recommend the Tomasso (Thomas). It has bell peppers, zucchini, onions, and hot peppers. Though my guidebook says that the Judas is possibly the most delectable.
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Two on animals from the WaPo
Factory farms may be exempted from emission rules A debate over culling elephants in South Africa
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After Iraq
Andrew Bacevich on the search for post-Iraq principles for US foreign policy (via Gaius).
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A CDU-Green coalition?
Okay, this is only really interesting to me because I’m in Germany at the moment, but the recent elections in Hamburg have fueled speculation that there could be a coalition between the conservative Christian Democratic Union and the Greens. As a kind of Christian-conservative-Green myself, that piques my interest
