Author: BooMan

Our Problem in Tashkent

The former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, has an article in the Washington Post about his experiences there. It is well worth reading, and quite sad. …an envelope landed on my desk; inside were photos of...

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Open Thread

I hope no one is doing any laboring over Labor Day weekend. What are you doing?

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Lee Siegel Washes Out

Lee Siegel is indeed God. He’s also known as spezzatura, a sockpuppet that sings his own praises. The ridiculous Franklin Foer has shit-canned Siegel’s blog and suspended him from The New Republic. That’s too...

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Telling Other Countries What to Do

Former Ambassador to Guatemala and Peru, John R. Hamilton, has an interesting editorial in the Washington Post. He argues that the “tolerance of other societies for being publicly judged by the United States has reached...

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Frivolous Friday Open Thread

I’ve found the solution for world peace. All the wingnuts should move to Cambodia. Cambodia’s parliament passed a law Friday which could send adulterers to jail for up to a year. The vote prompted a walkout by...

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