Author: BooMan

Taking Ron Paul Seriously

It’s an odd way for it to happen, but a federal raid on a company making coins with Ron Paul’s likeness has offered the mainstream press with perhaps the first opportunity to take note of the strength of the...

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Typical Republicanism

Several polls have been taken to assess Americans’ willingness to vote for a Mormon in a presidential race. They’ve all shown a startling reluctance to consider a Mormon for the nation’s highest office. This...

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Don’t Get Played for a Fool

It’s great that activists are going all out to lobby Congress against immunity for the telecommunications corporations’ illegal warrantless surveillance of innocent American citizens, but it is important to...

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The Status of Immunity

I have an email from Sen. Chris Dodd thanking me for all my help in defeating telecom immunity. There’s a recommended diary at Daily Kos that erroneously asserts that Diane Feinstein voted against telecom immunity in the...

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Observations on the Debate

Well, I didn’t really see any of the things I wanted to see in the debate. That wasn’t the fault of the candidates, the CNN crew simply decided to ask different questions. I could go on a tangent about the quality of...

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