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ambiguity, empiricism, are not things he takes seriously. However good a reporter he is, his intellectual model as a thinker and a philosopher, and his model of the world, is deeply deeply flawed. This and the previous [two down] taken from discussion here. Another commenter linked to a post by Markos Moulitsas, "Kos." It's a good one. Very basic stuff, in a good way.

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John Quiggin at Crooked Timber links to, and argues against, Judge Posner's opposition to "creative capitalism". Posner says that corporate management has a fiduciary responsibility to shareholders to maximize profits. Seems to me Posner lacks faith in the free market. I'm aware of few suits by

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I wish I could find a harsh review of Dennis Perrin's new book Savage Mules so I could refer to it as "Mules, Savaged." I would seem clever! But here's an excellent review in Crooked Timber, followed by a ton of good comments. And it's back on the Amazon political bestseller list, currently at #12. —Jonathan Schwarz

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