Author: BooMan

Public Attitudes and the Midterm Elections

David Broder and Dan Balz have a giant article up at the Washington Post on the nation’s attitude towards terrorism and the war in Iraq. The article is at once mealy-mouthed, straightforward, and interesting. The most...

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Open Thread

While I was stretching last night I tore or messed up something in my lower back. I’m lying flat with an icepack right now, and I am not very happy. Don’t miss the latest spying scandal. Also…can a liberal use...

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It’s Time for Israel to Stop

When Israel attacks there are consequences (warning: graphic pictures). This isn’t an even fight. At least 104 people, all but four of them civilians, have been killed in the five-day assault, which has choked...

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Dowd on Sluts

I don’t know if Maureen Dowd could get more irrelevant. I haven’t read a column of hers since the New York Times put her behind a paywall. Now, Raw Story shows me what I’m not missing. I’m not missing...

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