Author: BooMan

Open Thread

I just got back from Anne Dicker’s campaign launch party. She’s a longtime friend running for a seat in the house here in Pennsylvania. Insurgency feels good.

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The Inuit Experience Climate Change

It’s easiest to detect global warming if you live near the arctic circle: Thirty miles from the Arctic Circle, hunter Noah Metuq feels the Arctic changing. Its frozen grip is loosening; the people and animals who depend on...

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Open Thread

What’s going on? Please welcome Chris from Rowhouse Logic to the front page, and don’t forget to vote in the Koufax Awards.

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Debunking the WSJ Take on Withdrawal

The Wall Street Journal contemplates the consequences of military withdrawal from Iraq. • The U.S. would lose all credibility on weapons proliferation. One doesn’t have to be a dreamy-eyed optimist about democracy to...

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The Case of Abdul Rahman

The right-wing blogs are flogging the story of Abdul Rahman for all its worth. This time, they have a point. Abdul Rahman, 41, has been charged with rejecting Islam, a crime under this country’s Islamic laws. His trial...

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