Author: BooMan

This mangling of the english language is getting out of hand: Meanwhile, the Prime Minister’s Office denied there had been any change in Israel’s long-standing policy of nuclear ambiguity, after Olmert appeared to...

I’m tapped out at the moment. But don’t miss Bob Geiger’s excellent interview with Harry Reid. Very encouraging stuff. Here’s some photos of me posing as an Arab. The outfit was a gift from a friend of...

Over at The Next Hurrah, emptywheel has a useful multiple choice test for our representatives. It’s made up of questions like this: 1. The terrorist group Al Qaeda is overwhelmingly made up of what kind of Muslims?  ...

I spent most of yesterday offline watching football and reading an old book a friend of mine loaned me: The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms and the CIA, by Thomas Powers (1979). It was ironic that Pinochet died the same...

Hey, what’s going on? The Giants actually won today. And LaDainian Tomlinson set the record for touchdowns in a season (with three weeks to spare). It looks like a Bears/Chargers Super Bowl is in the making.