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  1. Beautiful essay on work, from Matthew B. Crawford -- that rare piece whose writing is as honest as its subject. http://bit.ly/16kysw #p2
  2. "Al-Qaida is its own worst enemy & is in a process of self-decomposition." Fawaz Gerges on AQ. http://bit.ly/19Opf8 // thx, @charlie_edwards
  3. "Many cried. After the ceremony, the violence resumed." More great reporting from Afghanistan by CJ Chivers. http://bit.ly/cc7s0 #afpak
  4. "But who exactly the Taliban is may rest in the eye of the beholder." Great reporting on Pakistan from the LATimes. http://bit.ly/DHG1B #p2
  5. "These are the guys who served alcohol to the banks just before they took off down the highway." Roubini op-ed, in WSJ. http://bit.ly/Vuu86
  6. "It sounded like saving Africa from the Africans." Nick Kristof on Africa, the media, & a messianic aid industry. http://bit.ly/21BAQ #p2
  7. "We know that when we fight for the Jewish people, we are fighting on God's side." The J Post profiles Jesus's Zionists. http://bit.ly/I6fo7
  8. "Cheney wants to defend his record; let him defend it. And let the country judge." Ross Douthat, in the NYT. http://bit.ly/qKqgT #p2
  9. Wow. The brilliant kid above me freshman year is now the youngest columnist ever at the NYTimes. Congrats, Ross. http://bit.ly/dQH5Y
  10. "The Detroit of higher learning." Mark Taylor on American universities, in an NYT op-ed. Every word rings true. http://bit.ly/FiA0D #edu
  11. "Twitter seems somehow out of step in its political sensibility." Matt Bai takes on Twitter, in NYT Mag. http://bit.ly/13sDAx #p4p #topprog
  12. "Pain-­free war would pervert the whole idea of democratic process." P.W. Singer on military robotics, in Wilson Q. http://bit.ly/152SF8 #p2
  13. "I find that paragraph so perfect in its illogic & self-negation that I have come to cherish it in some perverse way. " http://bit.ly/FUNE8
  14. "This isn't a city, it's a con-job." Great piece on Dubai by Johann Hari, in the Independent. http://bit.ly/pznOM
  15. "The Evolution of Religions." Interesting lecture by Jared Diamond. (video) http://bit.ly/qbsLh ... via @kottke #goodfriday
  16. "But they were all highly educated people, he said in amazement." Great long-form journalism on Iceland's collapse. http://bit.ly/zDqXq #p2
  17. "A muddle." Stephen Walt looks, in vain, for the strategic rationale of Obama's Afghan & Pakistan policy. http://bit.ly/HFrl #p2
  18. "Really, it's a battle between GM past and GM present." Nate Silver on the decline of General Motors. http://bit.ly/HGwi #p2
  19. "TIME Blogger: The Politico Is Transforming Our Approach To News." Surprisingly candid reflection on the new news. http://bit.ly/14bLff #p2
  20. @puleen thanks for the Nate Silver piece (http://tinyurl.com/c4gyr2)