I look at libertarian and existentialist themes in Serenity in “Out to the Black.”

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I try to suss out what “traditional marriage” really means.

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So, I’m planning to review Serenity for the Reason site, but dragged my feet long enough that I’ll be trying to squeeze in with the bloggers rather than ordinary press; mayhap I’ll see some of you there. Here’s the synopsis the PR folk are sending out to bloggers, in case you’ve been living under a […]

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The desperation in the dwindling ranks of the full-throated hawks provokes pity more than contempt these days, mostly because of stuff like this embarrassing putative “deconstruction” of an AP piece about this weekend’s anti-war protests. The first objection is to the headline: “Anti-War Protesters March in Washington: Thousands of Anti-War Demonstrators March in Washington, London; […]

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There’s a marathon of Battlestar Galactica episodes (yes, the new one, not the cheesy tunics and feathered hair one) running all day on SciFi.

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It’s rated ARRRRRRRR!

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Courtesy of PowerLine: In fact, the MSM was so busy pointing its finger at President Bush that it largely missed the enormity of the federal relief effort. Update: Aww, someone else must have pointed it out; they’ve now changed it.

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My old friend Damian passed this link along. Extreme geekery on the other end; you’ve been warned.

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Fellow parliamentary debate alum Emily Messner (née Bernstein, for those who Knew Her When) is blogging up a storm at The Washington Post.

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So I just replaced my moribund cell phone with a snazzy new one, requiring the ritual Re-entry of the Address Book. Most of the folks in there, unsurprisingly, live in New York or D.C.—the two cities in which I’ve spent the last seven years. But I noticed that the area codes on folks’ phone numbers […]

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