The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    Big Dog Clinton in Baltimore

    I just returned from a rally on Federal Hill Park to reelect Governor Martin O'Malley and the MD Democratic ticket. The rally was advertised to start at 3:00 PM, but I got there about 4:30 and some fellow told me that only Kratovil, Kamenetz and a few others had spoken already.

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    Austere Olde England

    I've been reading about the coming austerity measures in the UK and Germany. Guess who loses?

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    Strong Tea

    A Shiny Tea Set

    Tea! I don't know what's wrong with the Tea Party!
    Tea! They're conservative with a big fat C.
    Why can't they be like we are? Why can't they only see?
    What's the deal with the Tea Par-ty?

    Everybody has a pet theory about the Tea Party. The Wall Street Journal thinks they're on to something that liberals are too effete to discern.

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    High Speed Rail is taking forever

    The Infrastructurist has a good summation of the For and Against of high-speed rail. They also have a slough of links throughout the article that I haven't reproduced here.

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