Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

New Blog to read

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As promised, I have included Abdulahi’s blog on Waq al-waq’s blogs we read. Sorry for the delay, but I spent a good part of yesterday avoiding work and watching my NCAA bracket collapse into kindling. One more poor performance today and it could spell the end of my dreams for riches and glory.

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