Author: BooMan

Things Getting Ugly in Israel/Gaza

I’d probably be better prepared to write about the war going on in Israel and Gaza if I wasn’t still bone-tired from the American presidential campaign. It looks like the violence there is about to ramp up...

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Casual Observation

I have to laugh at the Republicans’ strategy for doing better in Senate elections. Yes, getting better candidates is a good idea. They had a better candidate in Dick Lugar. The Republican primary voters rejected him. They...

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How the GOP Got This Way

I am surprised at how good Ramesh Ponnuru’s advice column for Republicans is considering that I have always seen him as half an idiot. It’s long, but it’s worth a read. A lot goes unmentioned, but that probably...

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How Obama Affects the Courts of Appeal

One of the major reasons that it was important that Barack Obama win a second term was because there is a 5-4 conservative majority on the Supreme Court that could easily have moved to 6-3 or even 7-2, with catastrophic...

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Casual Observation

I thought I would be happier to be seeing the end of Joe Lieberman’s mostly pathetic political career, but it is just making me impatient to see John McCain go away and sell some boner pills on teevee.

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