Author: BooMan

Another Dunkirk Planned

Michael Smith, who brought us the Downing Street Minutes, has another scoop. The Brits have drawn up plans to beat it out of Iraq by the end of the year. Here are some excerpts: BRITISH commanders in Iraq have drawn up plans to...

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A Pathetic Disheatening Situation in Iraq

The attacks on U.S. troops grow in complexity while Iraqis thirst for a final crushing victory, not over us, but over each other. Reading the latest out of Iraq is an exercise in self-flagellation. Deep down, even though I hold...

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Reflections

There are a lot of things that have happened to me in my life that I can’t write about out of respect for the privacy of others. Most of the time this doesn’t bother me. Today it does. But I feel like writing...

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Another One Bites the Dust

Robert Novak reports on one Republican that knows how to get out in front of a federal indictment. Republican sources on Capitol Hill and in California say Rep. Jerry Lewis, ranking Republican on the House Appropriations...

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Open Thread

Hi everyone. I’m finally back from a long, long day at the hospital. A routine trip to the doctor to get a sonogram (with a close friend) turned into emergency abdominal surgery. All is well, and my friend is recovering...

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