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Jonathan Rauch's 'Denial', Part 3

The third installment of Jonathan Rauch's memoir, Denial , has just posted on the HuffPo site.

Cosmarxpolitan

Your humorous Tumblr blog of the day:

Margaret Trudeau: 'Someone is Bullying my Justin and That Makes Me Mad'

Margaret Trudeau, the former wife of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, has a message for Canada's political meanies: stop bullying my son.

We're All Reactionaries Now

At the New Republic, Tod Lindberg has a fascinating essay on slippery-slope politics:

A Romanov Goes to Israel

One of the last of the Romanov dynasty comes to dinner in Israel. He's certainly a part of the story of the country: it was a century of persecution by the Tsarist government of Russia that created the clamor for the return to Zion.

America's European Allies Drop the Ball

I've been harping on this theme for nearly a decade now, and now it's time to harp again. America needs a strategy to adapt to the faltering strength of its most important and congenial allies. The New York Times reported Tuesday on the next phase of that decline.

The State of the House (of Representatives)

Time for a new public service campaign, this one directed at members of Congress: "It gets worse." From POLITICO today:

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The Cicadas are Coming!

The New York Times reminds us of the horrible pests known as cicadas:

Smartphone Apps for the 21st Century Farmer

First tractors with GPS, now farmers coordinating things with an iPhone app? Progress is scary.