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Wikileaks

כ״ט בכסלו ה׳תשע״א (Monday 6 December 2010)

I don’t have any strong feelings for or against Wikileaks at all, which feels very weird, because I definitely think I should. Seth Roberts endorsed a New Yorker commenter who argues that honest people support Wikileaks and dishonest people oppose it. This seems particularly disingenuous to me, and I’d add at least one more group [...]

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Deflation

ז׳ באדר ה׳תש״ע (Sunday 21 February 2010)

Recently one of my favorite bloggers, Israeli Water Engineer, wrote about fears of deflation in the United States: “This is bad. The only solution to world indebtness is controlled inflation….” I commented that deflation is a pretty good thing; he replied and I replied back (go read it). Though this discussion is about deflation, I [...]

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A Political Army

ח׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Wednesday 25 November 2009)

And suddenly the newspapers and airwaves are abuzz with threats against the Right not to turn the IDF into a “political army,” warnings that it is becoming a “political army,” suggestions of what might happen in a “political army.” If this confuses you, you aren’t alone. The IDF is no less political than any army, [...]

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