Month: March 2005

You’ve probably seen my diary: Halliburton Employee Gang-Beaten by Baghdad Co-Workers. (It’s in the Recommended List at the moment.) Anni, who is close to Ron, would like to speak to us, and answer your questions...

Just a brief one…cross posted to A Magnificent Wreckage This isn’t good news: The rumors spread quickly last month around the central Baghdad neighborhood of Sab’ah Nisan that Salem Khudair’s nephew had...

This private family decision is most often made, not by families and doctors and spiritual advisors, but by insurance companies and hospital accounting offices. This is the place where I am supposed to insert the obligatory...

Voting booths in Zimbabwe have closed following what observers call ‘a peaceful poll,’ reports the BBC. Yet the context of today’s parliamentary election could not be more dramatic. President Robert Mugabe has...

I just joined Booman, and this is my first post here. Another Kossack/Booperson suggested I post this announcement from dKos here too. I hope that some of you Austinites out there can join us on Saturday. The forecast is for...