Month: January 2008

Swimming to Oblivion

I am woken this early evening by a thunderstorm.  It should be no cause for alarm.  I have heard the rolling roar of these storms for the better part of four decades now.  The flashes of white illuminating the...

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Meanwhile, In Iraq…

Things just aren’t going all that well. The Republicans debate as if the surge has been a success, the Democrats as if it has been a failure, and never the twain shall meet. However, the Democrats are basically correct. At...

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Open Thread

This is hilarious. For the record, I spent $3,000 just for the programming to set up this site. (Yes, I’d love a donation). And the Red State people are claiming that liberals conspired to prevent them from getting SCOOP...

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US Media Co-Opted by US Military in Iraq

Once upon a time the bad old American news media reported stories in ways the Pentagon didn’t like. No, strike that. The media reported the facts on the ground, and by doing so, the media “unfairly” portrayed...

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Learning from Iowa’s Exit Polls

Bowers and I must be wearing different shades of glasses. He keeps suggesting that Obama’s victory in Iowa was not based on getting out the independent vote. He’s totally wrong. First, let’s look at the data. A...

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