Author: BooMan

Serious Question

Lately, my frustration level has been pegged at eleven much of the time, and I quit drinking, don’t want to fire any guns, and have no plans to start beating the smaller people in my family. What should I do?

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Things That Make My Blood Boil

This is just pisses me off: Campaigns only remind evangelicals what they have already learned from their religious community: that voting Republican is a natural extension of what it means to be a good Christian. This message is...

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That Looks Bad in Print

It makes a difference whether or not print media outlets are willing to call torture “torture.” Just look at this snippet from the Associated Press: In July 2004, despite growing internal concerns about the...

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A Movement of Submentals

This pretty much sums up the current condition of the American right: “It’s easier to believe in a benevolent God — the baby Jesus — than it is in some kind of theory about global warming. It’s just...

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