Author: BooMan

The Impractical Anti-War Movement

Is anyone else tired of being called impractical for wanting the U.S. military out of Iraq? Now, I don’t think I am impractical. I haven’t called for ‘no residual forces’ and have even fought back against...

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The Upcoming FISA Battle

The New York Times paints a bleak picture and predicts another Democratic cave-in on the upcoming debate over the FISA bill. Two months after vowing to roll back broad new wiretapping powers won by the Bush administration,...

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A Look at the Trotskyite Critique

I rarely agree with their analysis, which tends towards the conspirtorial, but the World Socialist Web Site is always an interesting read. Today, they take a look at the stunning momentum of the Democrats and infer that the...

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Vituperative Press

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson is getting kind of shrill: “My proposal on torture is serious,” Robinson wrote on a washingtonpost.com discussion board Sunday. “Let me know if you agree: Bush...

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