Author: BooMan

Destined to Befuddlement

As reports come in that NATO is bombing Gaddafi’s compound, we don’t even know where he is. Everything is smoke and mirrors in Libya, as has been the case for my entire lifetime. I’m with Andrew Solomon. The...

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Random Musings

It’s unfortunate that it’s impossible to fully nail down how subsidized time corresponds to real time. I think I’ll go with the theory that 2011 is the Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment. That means that...

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Mission Accomplished in Libya?

Right now, much of Libya is celebrating and even giving our president credit for the downfall of the Gaddafi regime. I don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade, but we’ve seen similar things in the past. We...

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The GOP’s True Colors

There are certain ‘teaching moments’ when the Republicans do something so transparently hostile to average people and so obviously in the service of wealthy people (at everyone else’s expense), that you can...

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The President Issues a Statement

This came in the mail about a half an hour ago: Statement of President Barack Obama Tonight, the momentum against the Qadhafi regime has reached a tipping point. Tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a tyrant. The Qadhafi regime...

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