Author: BooMan

On War and Peace Parties

Matthew Continetti has a cover story in the Weekly Standard where he compares partisan attitudes to American military force and power. Using this data he describe the Republicans as the ‘power party’ and the...

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Hitt Piece in Mother Jones

I am not much of an admirer of Hillary Clinton and I certainly am an opponent of her campaign for the 2008 nomination. But that has to do with my distaste for the Democratic Leadership Council and their brand of politics. I am...

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Frivolous Friday Open Thread

Rich Millers asks, in the Chicago Sun-Times, “What is it about the Internet that makes some political pundits, columnists and reporters so goofy? It seems like almost every time I read a mainstream media story about...

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WP: Smackdown of Bigot Goode

The Washington Post smackdown of Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr. is pretty good. They call him a bigot in the headline. They call him ‘colossally stupid’ in the first sentence. Later on they say he is obnoxious and note...

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Understanding Our Own History

I read a great passage in a book this morning. I think it captures something essential. I hear right-wingers talk a lot about how people on the left ‘hate-America’, or ‘blame America first’. And I hear a...

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