Author: BooMan

Casual Observation

I am a little concerned that President Obama is going to run for reelection on the slogan “Winning the Future,” and discover that people take that slogan less seriously than Tim Pawlenty. I mean, the future is a long...

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Metaphysics and Bill O’Reilly

It’s funny to watch Bill O’Reilly flail around in his attempt to prove the existence of God by reference to the tides, or the existence of the Sun and the Moon. But, what he’s really doing is playing sloppily...

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Okay, Worry, But Be Happy

Juan Cole sure is grumpy. I think he said more than one thing that you are not allowed to say and still remain in polite society. But I understand his frustration. On the other hand, when have we ever had a better lesson, that...

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It Shouldn’t Be a Sucker Punch, But It Is

I wonder if Anderson Cooper is surprised or confused that he was punched in the head ten times by a mob of pro-Mubarak thugs. All in all, it was fairly tame and harmless, but Cooper is a kind of proxy for all Americans. We...

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Casual Observation

The Mustache of Understanding is making sense but what happened to the retired general at the beginning of the column? Very strange construction. In any case, there seems to be quite a lot of counting-chickens-before-they-roost...

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