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Richard Posner, lefty? That's snark, right? I guess the reason to read them is that they're two of the most influential right wing intellectuals in the US. Might not be pleasant reading, but it's nice to know how the other side thinks.
by MarekNYC on Fri Feb 9th, 2007 at 03:44:16 PM EST
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Sheer snark.

I know what you are saying about "how the other side thinks," but I feel like I see the materialization of how the other side thinks every day, all around me.

And the thing is, so do they.  We both work at this luxurious university surrounded by some of the most impoverished communities in the country.  Impoverished and black.  So I find that quip about the inequality of genes especially offensive.  

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire

by p------- on Fri Feb 9th, 2007 at 04:30:52 PM EST
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Deliberately Bell Curve.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Feb 9th, 2007 at 04:39:50 PM EST
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Posner is interesting as a right winger because occassionaly he gets it right on a number of topics (like IP) or rather, shows convincing right wing arguments for causes you'd think are left wing. Calling him left is eehm, odd, though. I seem to remember the cornerites at national review nominating him as their favourite right wing intellectual. Or something.
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Fri Feb 9th, 2007 at 05:36:25 PM EST
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Do you have an URL for his stuff about IP?
by Laurent GUERBY on Sat Feb 10th, 2007 at 05:42:08 AM EST
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Here's an old post from the Becker-Posner blog on the topic.
by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Sat Feb 10th, 2007 at 11:14:43 AM EST
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Thanks!
by Laurent GUERBY on Sat Feb 10th, 2007 at 05:15:31 PM EST
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