Author: BooMan

Jonathan Chait is the Problem

Not satisfied with his original inane bromide, Jonathan Chait is still attacking us: In a related point, one of the chief rebuttals I’ve seen to my column is that the lefty blogs aren’t actually all that lefty. This...

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A Look at the Parties

You know a party in power is exhausted when you start to see editorials like this that ask the question: What kind of party is it that can’t do anything more convincing than point at the dire and dirty alternatives? The...

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Time on the Blogosphere

It’s always amusing to see how the mainstream media covers the blogosphere. Perry Bacon Jr. of Time writes about a new creature on Capitol Hill: the Internet outreach specialist. I know these guys (and so far, in my...

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Fitzmas is Coming

Via Raw Story: Olbermann: What are you gathering on these two main points. Is the decision by Mr. Fitzgerald coming soon, would it be an indictment? Shuster: Well, Karl Rove’s legal team has told me that they expect that a...

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On Hayden and Civil Liberties

With the nomination of former NSA chief Michael Hayden to be Director of Central Intelligence, we are faced with the prospect of having a serious law breaker going through a heated confirmation process. I feel the need to go...

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