Author: BooMan

The Boston Globe reports on the “more than 750 laws enacted since [Bush} took office” that he has “quietly claimed the authority to disobey”. Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and...

Chris Matthews: TOPICS: CAN HILLARY CLINTON SURVIVE THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES IN ’08? WILL JOHN MCCAIN MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM GOP OUTSIDER TO INSIDER? PLUS, WILL RUDY GIULIANI JUMP IN THE RACE? George Stephanopoulos: #...

Is there more Nedrenaline or more Joementum?

Glenn Greenwald explains the State Secrets Privilege, while mcjoan explains its use in NSA illegal domestic surveillance case. In this case, the government is invoking the privilege to crush a class-action suit. The class-action...

The people in the reality-based community told the neo-conservatives that going into Iraq was going to cause more terrorism and more anti-Americanism. They also told them Iraq would be likely to splinter without a strongman to...