Author: BooMan

Dorgan to Retire

Here’s a crushing blow from Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota: “Although I still have a passion for public service and enjoy my work in the Senate, I have other interests and I have other things I would like to pursue...

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Casual Observation

I guess my standards have been whittled down to the point that I don’t even flinch anymore when Fox News does stuff like call the religion of Buddhism inadequate. Maybe Benen is right, though. Maybe Brit Hume should lose...

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Immigration This Year?

I honestly don’t know how the Senate can fit immigration reform into their schedule for this year, but they appear willing to try. After the Senate finishes up health care reform, they’ll move to work on the $155...

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Casual Observation

Do you know how sometimes when you use your debit card you just sign your signature and sometimes you have to enter your four-digit pin number? Well, there is a whole depressing backstory to that distinction. And, if you enter a...

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Bloody Nose

The CIA really took one on the nose with the attack in Afghanistan by a Jordanian double agent. I have a sneaking suspicion that the CIA is going to be quite intent on exacting revenge for this for a very long time. The New York...

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