Author: BooMan

Does That Damn Banner Yet Wave?

January 2008: “Probably the worst piece of advice I’ve ever given to myself was when [in 2000] the Confederate flag was flying over the state capitol in South Carolina,” [John McCain] said. “And I decided...

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Amateur Hour for GOP Candidates

Today was the last day that you could submit signatures to appear on the ballot in the Virginia primaries. It’s not an easy process. You need to collect 10,000 valid signatures, including at least 400 from each of...

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Light Blogging

Thanks to everyone who has made a contribution to the site. You’re a generous lot! I seem to have an endless to-do list and not much time to get it done. I’m sure a lot of you are in the same boat: cleaning, cooking,...

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Whence Comes Conrad Black?

Last I knew, Conrad Black was in prison, where he belongs. Yet, here he is committing crimes against syntax and using words like ‘pelagic’ and ‘Pelosified’ in the pages of the National Review. He offers...

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Wanker of the Day: Charles Krauthammer

Here is Charles Krauthammer’s summation on the House Republicans’ performance on the payroll tax holiday. The GOP’s performance nicely reprises that scene in “Animal House” where the marching band turns into a blind...

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