Author: BooMan

Cheney or al-Bashir?

The International Criminal Court has taken action against the President of Sudan. On Wednesday, the ICC issued a warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity — the...

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Edward Kennedy is Now a Knight

British Prime Minister Gordan Brown just announced to the Joint Session of Congress that the Queen of England has extended an honorary knighthood to ‘Sir Edward Kennedy’. I don’t think Americans are entitled to...

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Evan Bayh and the Backbencher’s Revolt

I kind of understand what Evan Bayh is trying to do. Despite being in the Senate for a full ten years, and in spite of serving on six full committees, he ranks no higher than fourth on any of them. He does hold two significant...

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Open Thread

It’s time for me to pay for the server and my rent again. I’m trying to limit my donation requests to once a month. Anything you can spare will help keep the site going and will be very appreciated. Just make sure...

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How Do You Teach This?

Even now, even after eight years of unrelenting bullshit, I find it impossible to convince most people that the Republicans just make shit up, Goebbels-style. Consider this tactic. The GOP takes a provision in the stimulus...

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