Author: BooMan

OK Sen: Andrew Rice

With a hat tip to the Guru, you should check out this piece on Oklahoma candidate for U.S. Senate, Andrew Rice. I don’t know if Oklahoma is ready to hire someone that hails from their capital city, or someone so young, or...

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Revisiting ‘Suck on This’

Speaking of burlap sacks and hammers, via Atrios, we have some classic Friedman, circa 2003. Yes, he did say ‘suck on this’ on the Charlie Rose Show. Should he still have a job at the paper of record? I think...

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Defining Contraception as Abortion

Christina Page writes in the Baltimore Sun about how Republican candidates for president are taking it to the next level in woman-hating sweet goodness. At National Right to Life’s conference this year, Mitt Romney set out...

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Stages of Grief Over Iraq

I could feel it coming long before Bush said it today. The Republicans are going to blame those that opposed the war, and forced its conclusion, for the bloodbath and the instability that ensue when we leave. They are going to...

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Strange Omens

Texas beat Baltimore tonight 30-3. But, um…that isn’t a pre-season football score. That’s the Rangers and the Orioles. It’s been 110 years since a major league team scored 30 runs in a game. I’m...

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