Author: BooMan

How to Start a War

If you’re concerned about the talk of chemical weapons being used in the Syrian civil war, this piece by Dan Murphy in the Christian Science Monitor is useful for separating known facts from dangerous speculation. With...

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Obama on Peace in Israel

I don’t have a link to the speech yet, but I want to post the central part of President Obama’s prepared remarks at the Jerusalem Convention Center that he made today. This is the segment that pertains to peace with...

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Today in Disarray

Stu Rothenberg says “the Republican Party continues to fracture more seriously than I expected following last year’s re-election of President Barack Obama.” And Democrats continue to help them out with that, most...

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Before I Knew They Were Just Evil

It’s hard to even imagine a time before I believed that Dick Chney was evil incarnate, but such a time did exist. Prior to Cheney being named as Bush’s running mate, I just didn’t have many strong feelings...

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