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		<title>Have National Politics Urbanized?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/12/have-national-politics-urbanized/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of us not living in the concentrated sprawl of the coastal and Midwestern metropoli, it is often extremely perplexing how urban Democratic mayors in places like Chicago and Philadelphia can compile lengthy and embarrassing records of incompetent and &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/03/12/have-national-politics-urbanized/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Rise of Decline</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/04/the-rise-of-decline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[American decline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know you&#8217;re in an American recession when British observers start reflecting on the inevitability of American decline, and volunteering their allegedly privileged perspective gained from the fall of the British Empire (Mark Steyn, as always, excepted). So it is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/01/04/the-rise-of-decline/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Implications of the Pletka Purge</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/22/implications-of-the-pletka-purge/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/22/implications-of-the-pletka-purge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roland picks up an interesting piece by Jacob Heilbrunn for the National Interest, describing an ongoing purge of neoconservative intellectuals from the American Enterprise Institute, allegedly instigated by Vice President Danielle Pletka. So far Michael Ledeen and Reuel Marc Gerecht &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/22/implications-of-the-pletka-purge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Long Term Effects of &#8220;Chamberlain&#8221; Thinking</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/14/long-term-effects-of-chamberlain-thinking/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/14/long-term-effects-of-chamberlain-thinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commentary&#8220;More complacency will only feed Russia’s ambitions.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>On Bad Ideas</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/on-bad-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seth Weinberger picks up Foreign Policy&#8217;s &#8220;10 Worst Policy Ideas&#8221; for Obama and McCain and adds some commentary. What&#8217;s immediately striking to me is how few objections FP offers to McCain&#8217;s foreign policy proposals. A peculiar thing, if you&#8217;re familiar &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/on-bad-ideas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Biden: Clinton Better</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/10/biden-clinton-better/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/10/biden-clinton-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clinton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden says Hillary Clinton would have been a better pick than himself. A little amusing naturally, but I&#8217;m impressed by the candor and humility of it. Fine characteristics for a serving vice president who is expected to exert substantial &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/10/biden-clinton-better/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Containing Russia &#8211; The Battle for Ukraine</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/07/containing-russia-the-battle-for-ukraine/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/07/containing-russia-the-battle-for-ukraine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Westhawk&#8220;Ukraine is the big prize and thus a dangerous flash point between Russia and the West. For the West, a firm alliance with Ukraine would anchor the containment of Russia. But for Russia, such an alliance would be a step &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/07/containing-russia-the-battle-for-ukraine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>China and Provincial Secessionism</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/china-and-provincial-secessionism/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/china-and-provincial-secessionism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extremely interesting post from Seth Weinberger on the opportunity for pulling China in the pro-Georgia camp, after the SCO failed to endorse Russian actions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Seth is as mystified as I am that the Russian foreign &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/02/china-and-provincial-secessionism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Welcoming the World to Wasilla</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/welcoming-the-world-to-wasilla/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/welcoming-the-world-to-wasilla/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo: Michael Levesque It seems the international media is crawling all over the tiny town Sarah Palin began her political career in. Being fond of leaders for whom membership in the general public is a recent memory, I think it&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/welcoming-the-world-to-wasilla/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>She&#8217;s Got the Right Instincts</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/shes-got-the-right-instincts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NRO&#8220;Critics are already trying to damn Sarah Palin for her perceived lack of foreign-policy experience, but what they are not allowing for is something more important — that she has the right basic attitudes and sense of priorities. She understands &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/30/shes-got-the-right-instincts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Energy &#8211; A &#8220;Uniting&#8221; Issue</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/energy-a-uniting-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MikeR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Powerline&#8220;In yesterday&#8217;s radio address, John McCain talked about how the energy issue unites foreign and domestic policy&#8221;. Exactly right. Energy is more than a Green issue or a Carbon Footprint issue. It is intrinsically linked to our survival.]]></description>
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		<title>So Ends the Kouchner Adventure</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/11/so-ends-the-kouchner-adventure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia wants Saakashvili gone and then categorically rejects the French ceasefire agreement Saakashvili signed. Even while the increasingly uncomfortable Medvedev says they&#8217;re all but finished with military operations. The humiliating exposure of Medvedev&#8217;s &#8220;presidency&#8221; is one of the more comical &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/11/so-ends-the-kouchner-adventure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Virtues of Celebrity Foreign Policy</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/05/the-virtues-of-celebrity-foreign-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Photo: Alice E. Backer &#124; blog) Andrew Galasetti at Lyved is an extremely devoted admirer of Obama. While fanatical devotion can blind &#8212; Galasetti thinks for instance that the McCain celebrity charge backfired, when the polls suggest a different picture &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/05/the-virtues-of-celebrity-foreign-policy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Trying too Hard</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/the-art-of-trying-too-hard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: dgeuzen) John Riley at Newsday is criticizing John McCain&#8217;s &#8220;Celeb&#8221; ad on the grounds that &#8220;anyone knows&#8221; Britney Spears and Paris Hilton just aren&#8217;t celebrity enough. Points for novelty at least. To reinforce his argument, he cites the Forbes &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/the-art-of-trying-too-hard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Russia Speaks to the American Electorate</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/30/russia-speaks-to-the-american-electorate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sober, secular and educated new residents to New Mexico can often be found painting the frames of their doors and windows a vivid bright blue. Having seen the habit practiced on the homes of locals, the newcomers invariably assume it&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/30/russia-speaks-to-the-american-electorate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Metternich would be proud</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/27/metternich-would-be-proud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama makes his first effort at diplomacy with the Palestinians. The response: F- &#8211; - Washington, f- &#8211; - Obama and f- &#8211; - you. I feel encouraged, how about you?]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiation Is Scary</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/27/negotiation-is-scary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 02:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m no fan of Obama—his social programs are enough to make him a no-go in my book—but much of the hoopla over things like his foreign policy are ludicrous. Take the &#8220;negotiate without preconditions&#8221; bit. Is that really so outrageous? &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/27/negotiation-is-scary/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Is ASHC?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/17/what-is-ashc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There seems to be some confusion on the part of some as to exactly what sort of place ASHC is: I was rather surprised to read this dubious and scornful appraisal of Michael Yon&#8217;s Wallstreet Journal editorial at A Second &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/17/what-is-ashc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tibet/Nepal: Same Thing</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/14/tibetnepal-same-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neither George Snuffalufagus nor National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley seemed capable of distinguishing between Tibet and Nepal this weekend. Given that one is a Buddhist monarchy democratizing in fits and starts with a Maoist insurgency gaining a permanent foothold, and &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/14/tibetnepal-same-thing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>McCain Speaks to Europe</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/12/mccain-speaks-to-europe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo: Chris Dunn Spiegel has a typically aggressive (and aggressively European) interview with John McCain today. In many ways it&#8217;s an interesting yet disappointing exercise, due to its focus on the perceived past sins of the Bush administration. While much &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/12/mccain-speaks-to-europe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A &#8220;Conservative&#8221; Case for Barack Obama</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/13/a-conservative-case-for-barack-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems Daniel Hannan has been getting some email of the &#8220;what the heck is wrong with you?&#8221; variety over his support for Barack Obama. Today he argues that he&#8217;s thrown his support behind the rather vague candidate because of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/13/a-conservative-case-for-barack-obama/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Constant Viewer has resurfaced</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/12/the-constant-viewer-has-resurfaced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite bloggers has resurfaced, and I am hurt, hurt, hurt that D. A. Ridgely didn&#8217;t let his fans (okay, me) know to where he had disappeared. He is now blogging at Positive Liberty, and the blogosphere has &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/12/the-constant-viewer-has-resurfaced/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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