Author: BooMan

On Courage

I don’t see enough courage. I live in a rough neighborhood. There is gang activity. People get shot and killed. I’m an ethnic minority here. Everytime I leave my house I risk being mugged, or worse. When I go to a...

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Open Thread

What’s with the strange messages in Atrios’s open threads? What’s up with you?

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An Outlet for My Anger

I spent the first two years of the Bush administration in a kind of stupefaction. In fact, it began even before Bush’s inauguration, which I watched in bed while my wife covered her head with a blanket and her ears with a...

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Karen Hughes and the Perception Problem

I don’t like Karen Hughes. I don’t think I like any of George Bush’s friends. Anyone who thinks Dubya is fun, or funny, or a great guy to have a beer with, I basically think is an asshole. Apparently, that...

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