Author: BooMan

Help Jim Marcinkowski Out

Politics can make strange bedfellows. Growing up, reading anything I could find about spies and the CIA was just one of my many quirky habits. I never imagined that one day I’d have a blog (they didn’t even exist)...

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Lee Seigel on Baseball Hats

I’m half tempted to set up a blog wholly dedicated to making fun of The New Republic. They are so bad, in a B movie kind of way, that they are actually good. They’re kinda of like the Corey Feldman of political...

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Netroots Endorsements

Matt Stoller discusses the criteria for a Netroots endorsement at MyDD. A lot of people have raised questions about how they make their decisions…you should all go read the whole thing. The Cliff Notes are below. I’m...

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The Defense of Liberty

James Madison thought our constitution would protect us from tyranny. Others were not so sure, so Madison wrote Federalist #47 to try to allay their fears. He started out by acknowledging the legitimacy of his opponent’s...

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Breaking News

If anyone gives a shit, Usama went and made a little tape. It’s not powerpoint or anything, but it might take your mind off the Supreme Court’s ruling today. It lasts about 19 minutes and Anderson Cooper is getting...

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