Author: BooMan

If Honest Abe Were Alive Today

The Civil War ended seven score and four years ago. But if you took a look a the makeup of the Senate Judiciary Committee, you might have a hard time believing it didn’t end more recently. Why? Well, if Abraham Lincoln woke up...

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Serious Question

What do we get for being Americans that you wouldn’t trade with Canadians to get what they get for being Canadians? I’m thinking we have a more diverse geography, better national parks, nicer beaches, warm as well as...

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Open Thread

Howard Dean will be hosting Countdown with Keith Olbermann tonight. For an extra treat, one of his guests will be my brother, Phillip. I assume they will be talking about health care. Unfortunately, here on Ocracoke, I only get...

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Goodbye, Sarah

Here on Ocracoke Island, I have no cell phone signal and I have to go to a local coffee shop to receive Internet access. I don’t even have a car right now because the radiator hose blew up while I was waiting to load the car...

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Open Thread

Eight hours in the car and more than three to go before the ferry at Hatteras. What’s going on?

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