Author: BooMan

Playboy Reporting on PTSD

Playboy has been doing some excellent reporting recently. Here’s an excerpt from a giant piece they’ve done on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Given the inevitability of psychological scarring in intense, prolonged...

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Blog Amnesty

I decided to add the following blogs to my blogroll. There might be a couple added later. These blogs met certain criteria. 1. They were not on my bloglist. 2. They were dropped from either the Atrios or Daily Kos bloglists. 3....

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Open Thread

Here’s a pic of the evil Chris Bowers and me meeting with our representative and Philly mayoral candidate Chakah Fattah. Thanks to Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg of Young Philly Politics for capturing the moment. What’s on...

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My Concerns With the Murtha Plan

It hasn’t been easy watching the House Republicans debate the non-binding anti-escalation bill over the last three days. I’ve watched quite a bit of it…several hours today alone. Part of my problem has been...

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Dodd and the Financial Services Industry

Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Carrie Johnson have a profile up at the Washington Post on Senator Dodd. The headline is The Banker’s Candidate; Dodd Amasses Huge War Chest. Before I discuss this profile I want everyone that...

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