Author: BooMan

Eyes on the Ball

I don’t keep up with these things, but I remember that a couple of years ago Donald Rumsfeld felt compelled to abort a trip to France for fear of getting prosecuted as a war criminal. Now Bush has likewise cancelled a trip...

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Olbermann Has a New Platform

It looks like Keith Olbermann will take a job at the Current cable television channel. I’ve never watched that channel but I have discovered that I do have it, and I have it in non-digital form. Apparently, this is rare....

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It Ain’t Easy Being Blue…

It’s tough to be a Blue Dog, what with the congressional leadership (allegedly) showing them the cold shoulder, the Democratic Leadership Council shuttering its office, and Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) retiring. But the truth...

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How Crazy is Too Crazy for Fox?

One thing I’ve started to wonder about is what particular event is going to cost Glenn Beck his job at Fox News. I’m certain that he’s already on the verge of getting the axe. But, given how bizarre and...

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Stupid About Communism, Stupid About Terrorism

When Joseph Stalin died and Nikita Khrushchev became the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1953, an odd thing happened. The Soviet Union began to change. In 1956, Khrushchev delivered a report called...

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