Author: BooMan

U.S.-Pakistan Relations Hit New Low

I’m not sure if this was actually a mistake or not. (Reuters) – NATO helicopters and fighter jets attacked two military outposts in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing as many as 28 troops and plunging...

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The Speech Kennedy Never Delivered

Tom Wicker died today. Unless you are of a certain age, you probably don’t know who he was. His coverage of the JFK assassination earned him the respect and admiration of a lot of people. One of the things he reported...

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Mexican Gang Wars Out of Control

The drug war in Mexico seems like something out of Bosnia-Herzegovina. When we have gang fights here, one or two people get killed. In Mexico, it’s more like two or three dozen people get killed. We have a couple of...

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Our Stupid Discourse

Just shoot me. There’s no point in continuing on. Mr. Romney’s head of impeccably coiffed black hair has become something of a cosmetological Rorschach test on the campaign trail, with many seeing in his thick locks...

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