Author: BooMan

Republican Rot

There’s a couple of conservatives on Bill Moyers’ Journal this week discussing where conservatism went wrong. One thing that they said which I think is correct is that the Republicans are basically in the same place...

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The Challenges for Obama

I’m going to bookmark this article so I can come back to it on an as needed basis. It goes into great detail about the challenges facing an Obama administration even with big majorities in both houses of Congress. If you...

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Wingnut of the Day

Check out this wanker’s argument against Americans learning a second language. “We should have every child speaking more than one language. It’s embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they all speak English, they...

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Dodd on Short List

I’m very pleased to hear this: Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has requested information from Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd as part of its search for a possible vice presidential candidate. The former White House...

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The Four Lethal Cynicisms

Some progressives think that we would have the most power in this country if people were just able to gather the facts. They think that media bias, poor education, and general apathy conspire to keep the public ill-educated,...

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