Author: BooMan

She Really Went Uphill

Why didn’t I get rich off 9/11? Why didn’t I figure out an angle, a way to exploit the tragedy? I could have bought flags to sell. I could have invested in Kevlar. Three years ago, Sunnye L. Sims lived in a...

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Thoughts on Nigergate

Imagine you are a reporter with a well respected newspaper. Now, imagine that you learn the identity of a possible CIA operative. If true, you feel that the story you are working on cannot be told accurately without revealing...

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On Partisanship: Bush vs. FDR

You know, there was a time when the United States of America was facing a real axis of evil. On November 5th, 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented third term in office. On November 14th and 15th, the...

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Open Thread

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