Author: BooMan

Death Row Endorsement

This isn’t exactly the best character witness but I think it is interesting nonetheless. Before he died Wednesday evening, death row inmate Dale Leo Bishop apologized to his victim’s family, thanked America and urged...

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Open Thread

There will be no Iraqi athletes in Beijing for the Olympics. That’s a shame. So…what’s on your mind? Don’t be shy.

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A Visceral Reaction to Berlin

The overall reaction that I had to watching Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin this afternoon was mainly visceral. What he said made much less of an impression on me than the spectacle itself. The most remarkable part of it...

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Obama’s Big Berlin Speech

David Broder says that ‘July has been a cruel month for McCain.’ If Obama gives a good speech in Berlin today, July will get just a little bit crueler. The New York Times, Spiegel, and Time all have coverage of...

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GOP: Crumbling Resolve

According to Chuck Schumer the Democrats are currently ‘ahead’ in five senate races and ‘even or close’ in six more. And Schumer sees five additional races where we’re “not close yet, but they’re...

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