What's up with the brown dudes on bloggingheads.tv

Explore the intriguing dynamics of bloggingheads.tv, featuring Reihan Salam and Ramesh Ponnuru, as they lean Right and engage in thoughtful dialogue.

Written byRazib Khan
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A friend pointed out to me that the regular brown guys on bloggingheads.tv (Reihan Salam, and to a far lesser extent Ramesh Ponnuru and myself) 1) have names that start with "R" 2) lean Right

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