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• David Frum's Diary: In advance of that debate
• Jim Vandehei & Mike Allen in Politico: Six ways the GOP can save itself
• Benedict Brogan's Blog: Is he boring us into submission?
• Dizzy Thinks: Kinnock defeats Maggie Thatcher at the 1987 General Election
• Deborah Haynes in Inside Iraq: Delivering aid to Sadr City

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• Fraser Nelson in Coffee House: Can Purnell rescue Labour?
• Edward Gorman in Formula One Blog: Darren Heath: A picture from Turkey or "Curvature of the Earth"
• Marc Ambinder in A reported blog on politics: Good timing for Jim Webb
• Iain Dale's Diary: Ten signs you have joined the establishment
• John Dickerson in Slate: The McCain and Obama Talkalot

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• Tyler Cowen in Marginal Revolution: Does the high oil price reflect a bubble?
• George Packer in Interesting Times: Mass death from lying
• Deborah Haynes in Inside Iraq: Pigeons welcomed in Baghdad
• Benedict Brogan's Blog: Seatbelts on, it could get worse
• Ross Douthat: Can Conservatives govern?

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• Philip Hammond in Spiked: An iron fist in a velvet glove
• Wife in the North: Dying for a coffee
• Gary Becker in The Becker-Posner Blog: The rise in the price of oil
• James Forsyth in Coffee House: Livingstone's revenge
• Charles Bremner in Le Blogue: France enjoys the lazy, hazy days of May

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• Justin Wolfers in Freakonomics: Progress on prediction markets
• Dave Hill in Comment is Free: Legally blond
• Iain Dale's Diary: Is this man the next leader of the Labour Party?
• William Saletan in Slate: I, LawnBott
• Mary Beard in A don's life: Cannabis or alcohol? The listening prime-minister

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• Dan Conley in Salon: What does Hillary want?
• Chris Dillow in Stumbling and Mumbling: Legalize insider trading
• Fraser Nelson in Coffee House: Boris's new recruits
• Michael Dobbs in The Fact Checker: A Geppetto for Bill Clinton
• Libby Purves in Faith Central: Pope goes txt crazy in Oz

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• Niall Paterson in Boulton & Co: Beijing-bound Boris
• Justin Wolfers in Freakonomics: Parsing the Indiana and North Carolina primaries
• James Forsyth in Coffee House: Brown should embrace the fight over the Union
• Lewis Smith in Green Central: Widespread flooding 'expected for decades'
• Michael Baum and Edzard Ernst in Spiked: Trick or treatment? The truth about homeopathy

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• Chris Dillow in Stumbling and Mumbling: Inequality & performance
• Andrew Sullivan in The Daily Dish: 1.5 million
• Carrie Budoff Brown in Politico: Five things to look for in Indiana
• Wonkette: Valiant Ron Paul still running for President!
• Charles Bremner in Le Blogue: French state decorates Kylie Minogue, culture star

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• Tyler Cowen in Marginal Revolution: How to behave when you're old
• Brendan O'Neill in Spiked: Is there a Josef Fritzl on your street?
• Ed Vaizey in Comment is free: The right man
• Caitlin Moran in Alpha Mummy: Was your wedding so rubbish you fancy having another one?
• Dizzy Thinks: London gets its chance to kick Livingstone - and not a moment to soon

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• Gerald F. Seib and Sara Murray in Political Perceptions: Obama's damage-control day
• Peter Stothard: Bond, James T.L.S. Bond
• Jonah Goldberg in The Corner: Thinking outside of the box
• Rosa Prince in Three Line Whip: Boris Johnson, forlorn in the drizzle
• Andrew Sullivan in The Daily Dish: Cool ad watch

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• Jennifer Howze in Alpha Mummy: What does the scandal in Austria tell us?
• William Saletan in Slate: The moral logic of suicide bombing
• Dizzy Thinks: Emergency Cash?
• Ben Worthen in Business Technology: Techies no longer incomprehensible geeks
• Justin Webb's America: Lulling McCain?

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• John Dickerson in Slate: The best cases for why Clinton and Obama are electable
• Stephen J. Dubner in Freakonomics: Ideas for making baseball more interesting
• James Forsyth in Coffee House: What does Gordon do on May 2nd?
• Hendrik Hertzberg in Note on politics, mostly: After Pennsylvania
• Green Central: Why real nappies are best for the environment (and your pocket)

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• Dizzy Thinks: Seriously cool...
• Patrick Hennessy in Three Line Whip: New tax bombshell for David Cameron?
• Richard Posner in The Becker-Posner Blog: Why is airline service so bad?
• Chris Wilson in Trailhead: Drop out, Obama
• Jennifer Howze in Alpha Mummy: Do children ruin mothers' taste in books?

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• Sean Collins in Spiked: After Pennsylvania: demography is destiny
• Fraser Nelson in Coffee House: Striking out
• Ariel Alexovich in The Caucus: Eye on Indiana
• Tom Bevan in Real Clear Politics: With friends like these...
• Charles Bremner in Le Blogue: How not to end an affair, Paris-style

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• Benedict Brogan in Mail Online: Mad rush for a deal before PMQs
• Washington Wire: Clinton Goes Positive Amid $3 Million in New Cash
• Jacob Leibenluft in Slate: How fat can a U.S. soldier be?
• Tim Montgomerie in Centre Right: Even conservative critics are praising Hillary's stamina
• Sam Coates in Red Box: Insta-sketch: Brown and Cameron square up at PMQs

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• Emily Hill in Spiked: An epidemic of 'emotional bulimia'
• Dr Crippen in Centre Right: Polyclinics - supermarket medicine for the poor.
• Stephen J. Dubner in Freakonomics: Boy, are we stupid
• Andrew O'Hehir in Salon: The haunting of the Democrats
• Caitlin Moran in Alpha Mummy: Enid Blyton raises another generation

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• David Lidington in Centre Right: Remembering Gwyneth Dunwoody
• William Davies in First Drafts: The honesty of trains
• Tom Weber in Buzzwatch: Abortion as art at Yale
• Robin Pagnamenta in Green Central: BP goes back to its roots as a big, dirty oil major
• Hendrik Hertzberg in Notes on politics, mostly: Let 'em sue

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• Josie Appleton in Spiked: London - What kind of city do we want?
• Greg Mitchell in The Huffington Post: A shameful night for the US media
• Gideon Rachman in International Affairs Blog: Books I haven't read
• Carol Lewis in Snakes & ladders: Do you speak Nerdic?
• Stephen Fry in Blessays, blogs and blisquisitions: Wallpaper

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• David Hughes in Three Line Whip: Smile for the camera, Gordon Brown
• Marty Peretz in The Spine: Strange taste
• Gary Becker in The Becker-Posner Blog: Rising food prices and public policy
• Charles Bremner in Le Blogue: Frenchman to sing in English against Irish turkey
• Alex Tabarrok in Marginal Revolution: The Mobi

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• Iain Dale's Diary: The blame game
• John-Paul Flintoff in Green Central: How to build a green economy
• Sara Murray and Gerald F. Seib in Washington Wire: Misspeaking on the Campaign trail
• Anna Pickard in Comment is Free: A low-calorie (Big) Apple
• Justin Webb's America: Will a climate change plan end the hot air?

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• Jillian Cohan in The American: The show must go on
• Richard Gott in Comment is free: The right to remember
• John Mueller in The American Interest: Terrorphobia, our false sense of insecurity
• The Daily Mash: Everything we sell is a cake, claims M&S
• The Timer: Make money doing nothing

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• Guido Fawkes in Order Order:Boris is right, Tories wrong. London should be a shining city
• Athena Jones et al in The Caucus: Clinton uses '100-year' remark to fault McCain
• Mark Gimein in Slate: The eligible-bachelor paradox
• David J. Morris in The Virginia Quarterly Review: Entries from The New Combat Contradictionary
• Jens Glüsing in Spiegel Online: Is Chavez friends with FARC?

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• The First Post: The pros and cons of military intervention in Zimbabwe
• Andrew Rawnsley in Politics Home: The seven deadly political sins
• Brendan O'Neill in Spiked: The Olympic flame and robotic thugs
• Kyung Lah in CNN: How the Rules are being rewritten when it comes to dating in Tokyo

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• Victoria Brignell in Crip's column:The disabled and the ancients
• Josh Harkinson in Mother Jones: Protest the Olympics? The conundrum of San Francisco Liberals
• Mary Beard in A Don's Life: The Olympic torch was invented by fascists, let's get rid of it
• Sally Quinn in On Faith: Pop Quiz: If you pastor said this, would you renounce him?
• Clive Thompson in Wired: When they invent mind-reading technology, will the government use it?

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• Stephen J. Dubner in Freakanomics: A look back at the subprime mess (or: Itzhak Ben-David is a prophet)
• Finlo Rohrer in BBC Magazine: Saying no to a marathon sponsorship
• Peter Hoskin in CoffeeHouse: Non-essential viewing- the first Labour local election TV ad
• John Dickerson in Slate: Finding the exit- when it's time for nominees to go
• People in The First Post: Boris and Dave fall out over migrant policy

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• Steve Benen in The Carpetbagger:McCain's elusive medical records
• John Dickerson in Slate: The little fibs of campaigning
• Zoe WIlliams in Comment is Free: You know how to whistle, don't you?
• Debborah Haynes in Inside Iraq: Snakes in the loo
• Jim Pickard in FT Westminster blog: Another tantalising rumour about the prime minister

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• William Saletan in Slate: Foetal Attraction - sex selection
• Stephen Hugh-Jones in Intelligent Life: Frogs and roast-beef diplomacy
• Duncan Campbell in The First Post: McMafia - the invidious corporation of crime
• Susan Jacoby in Faith Central: More Faith-Based Tomfoolery: McCain And His Anti-Muslim Spiritual Guide
• New Toys in ZZ9: Zaphod Beeblebrox toys. Two heads, three arms, utterly horrid

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• Hendrik Hertzberg in Notes on politics, mostly: Hello Kali
• Jennifer Howze in Alpha Mummy: Natasha Kaplinsky's pregnancy: when did she know?
• Strange Maps: France, the ideal household utensil
• Rosa Prince in Three Line Whip: Harman dons the lucky jacket for PMQs
• Kyle Trygstad in Real Clear Politics: Obama cuts deeply into Clinton's PA lead

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• Iain Dale's Diary: Should I take part in Celebrity Big Brother?
• Yvonne Roberts in Comment is free: Abstaining from the facts
• Charles Bremner in Le Blogue: Save our semi-colon, say French campaigners
• Stephen J. Dubner in Freakonomics: Do you want to live to be 150?
• Katharine Q. Seelya in The Caucus: Yo, Adrian! Clinton has a new theme song

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• Hendrik Hertzberg in Notes on politics, mostly: Book Blurble No. 2 (Civil War)
• Joey Jones In Boulton & Co: Home Office ad binge ruffles feathers
• Jennifer Howze in Alpha Mummy: How do you make the Internet safe for kids
• Nora Ephron in Huffington Post: Hooked on Hillary
• Lisa Miller in Belief Watch: A Good Book in camouflage

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• Emily Hill in Comment is free: Is it cos I is short?
• Mike Nizza in The Lede: In U.S., a stronger order to learn English
• Stephen K. Dubner in Freakonomics: Our daily bleg
• Chris Dillow in Stumbling and Mumbling: Terminal 5: A Coasean problem
• Anna Shepard in Eco-Worrier: Ten unexpected benefits of being self-sufficientish

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• Brendan O'Neill in Spiked: This war against anger makes me see red
• Tyler Cowen in Marginal Revolution: Jeff Sachs on water policy
• Justin Webb's America: Low-level nastiness
• Peter Hoskin in Coffee House: Nick Clegg's one hundred days
• Mary Beard in A don's life: Let's get rid of the fascist Olympic torch

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• Frank Furedi in Spiked: A Rumsfeldian attack on mothers-to-be
• Carol Lewis in Snakes & Ladders: Star signs in the office
• Kate Phillips in The Caucus: McCain's foreign policy speech
• Stephen J. Dubner in Freakonomics: Introducing the Freakonomics Prediction Center
• Jon Craig in Boulton & Co: Out of order, Mr Speaker

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• Wife in the North: Next year, it's rabbit pie
• Michael Dobbs in The Fact Checker: More incoming fire for Clinton
• Democracy in America in Economist.com: Get rid of the White House press secretary
• Robert Halfon in Conservative Home: Sport seems to be the only thing uniting South Africans
• Mary Beard in A don's life: Do we need Wikipedia in Latin?

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• Brendan O'Neill in Spiked Online: Why haven't they learned the lesson of Iraq?
• John Derbyshire in The Corner: Easter - the movable feast
• Democracy in America: Toting the cost in blood and treasure
• Iain Dale's Diary: Sarkozy to divorce Carla Bruni after two week marriage
• Lewis Smith in Green Central: Garden furniture boosts deforestation, illegals logging report claims

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• Stephen Fry in Blessays, blogs & blisquisitions: Bored of the dance
• Jeff Zeleny in The Caucus: Obama marks five-year anniversary of Iraq war
• Jackie Ashley in Comment is free: Fear and loathing in Downing Street
• Jennifer Howze in Alpha Mummy: Heather Mills didn't get enough money
• Michael Crowley in The Stump: Soros for Obama?

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• Louise Bagshawe in Centre Right: The value of polls can go down as well as up
• Andrew Sullivan in The Daily Dish: The testing of Obama
• Alex Tabarrok in Marginal Revolution: Fear
• Chris Dillow in Stumbling and mumbling: Should Heather get the money?
• John-Paul Flintoff in Green Central: Bicycle faster than car - official

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• Wife in the North: After the horse has bolted
• Stephen D. Levitt in Freakonomics: What are the odds you survive an airplane crash?
• David Plotz in Slate: St. Patrick revealed
• Gary Becker in The Becker-Posner blog: The erosion of individual responsibility
• Sam Coates in The Red Box: Boris's victory plan: go to France

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• John-Paul Flintoff in Green Central: Peak oil and the BNP
• Trailhead in Slate: 13 per cent of voters think Obama is a Muslim
• Scott Castle in More Intelligent Life: Smoking on screen
• Michael Mechanic in Mother Jones: What no waterboarding?
• Ethan Greenhart in Spiked: Is it ethical to watch Delia?

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• Jacob Weisberg in Slate: Bush and God - what they talk about
• Ryan Hagen in Freakonomics: What's behind the gender gap in education?
• Fraser Nelson in Coffee House: A pint will cost £6.47 by 2012
• Chris Dillow in Stumbling and Mumbling: Credibility and public borrowing
• Tom Baldwin in Across the Pond: Eliot Spitzer: an endorsement from hell

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• James Graham in Comment is free: I'm all right, Darling
• Miranda Richardson in Boulton & Co: Tories forge ahead with plan to conquer web
• Iain Dale's Diary: Budget Live Blog
• John Schwartz in The Lede: Adapting to earth after 120 days in space
• Sam Coates in The Red Box: The 'angry man' budget

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• Robert Chesshyre in The First Post: Goldsmith's oath is both divisive and meaningless
• Jonathan Martin in Politico: McCain's next big test: Econ 101
• Nick Michlewicz in More Intelligent Life: Remembering a football tragedy
• Colin Crummy in Press Gazette: Scepticism about BBC Arabic
• Jane Smith in BMJ online: Antidepressants: finding meanings