Author: BooMan

Traffic Jam Open Thread

I grew up in New Jersey, the most densely populated state. And I lived in Los Angeles, where the 405 is one of the most congested arteries in the country (giving rise to the term road rage, I believe). But, for my money, the...

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Halperin Creates The Page

I’ll ask you to do this once, and then I advise that you never do it again. Go look at Mark Halperin’s new political roundup blog, The Page. By my count he has only one link to a political story about policy. That...

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Things Heating Up Down Under

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has called elections for late November. A formidable politician who has destroyed his opposition in four consecutive elections, Howard, 68, and his governing coalition face an uphill battle...

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AQI: You Can’t Defeat a Myth

Thomas Ricks and Karen DeYoung report that we are, as Bush claimed on his trip to Australia, kicking ass in Iraq. Specifically, we are kicking the ass of some organization known as Al-Qaeda in Iraq, or AQI. You’ll never...

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AQI: You Can’t Defeat a Myth

Thomas Ricks and Karen DeYoung report that we are, as Bush claimed on his trip to Australia, kicking ass in Iraq. Specifically, we are kicking the ass of some organization known as Al-Qaeda in Iraq, or AQI. You’ll never...

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