Author: BooMan

Dealing With Hard Issues

We can add the drug war in Mexico to a growing list of issues that we cannot deal with honestly because no one is allowed to think outside a narrow box or they’ll have their knuckles rapped for being soft on crime, or...

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Dispatches from Orlando

I flew into Orlando yesterday with CG and the Finny. It’s not vacation; it’s conventioneering for work. But we have a pretty nice place here for the next few days. The bigger news is that I have been smoke-free since...

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Playtime is Over

I mean, yeah, you have the high ground, but what are you going to do with it? Not even 24 hours after President Obama met with senior Republican Congressional leaders and expressed hopes for a “new dialogue,” renewed partisan...

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Serious Question

I wonder if Condi didn’t sign it because she doesn’t agree with it, or whether the old guys didn’t bother to ask.

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Quote of the Day

It goes to out-going CREW director Melanie Sloan. “It is a sad day for America when the Department of Justice declines to take action against a senator who has violated the law as blatantly as Sen. Ensign,” said...

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