Author: BooMan

Open Thread

Is anyone going to live-blog the Oscars? I need to know who has the most gorgeous gowns. What’s on your mind?

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What Are We Trying to Do?

It seems none of the blogging communities are immune from some serious infighting. Daily Kos has been struggling with clarification of their rules and defining the parameters of acceptable discourse. This has now erupted into an...

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Battling It Out in the British Papers

Yesterday, Cheney and his minions used the UK Telegraph to warn Iran about the potential for an Israeli airstrike coming through Iraqi airspace. Today, the Pentagon responded in the Times of London. SOME of America’s most senior...

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The Sad Story of Jim Zumbo

Jim Zumbo made a big mistake. And he has paid a price. Zumbo is a famous hunter and hunting advocate. He wrote for Outdoor Life from 1962 up until last week. What did he do? He wrote this on his blog after a long day hunting...

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Lippmann, Strauss, and Public Opinion

“[A] true pilot must of necessity pay attention to the seasons, the heavens, the stars, the winds, and everything proper to the craft if he is really to rule a ship” (Plato, The Republic, 487e). You hear it all the...

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