Author: BooMan

William Safire Worked for Military Intelligence

I have a theory that Bill Safire, in the lead-up to war in Iraq, was simultaneously working for the New York Times op-ed page and for military intelligence. I also have a theory that Safire’s mission was to promulgate...

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Listen to the Experts?

August 12, 1984 David Brinkley Washington, we all know, is the land of the experts– those who, with great confidence, tell us what is going to happen. Those proven right will remind us of it and perhaps try to sell us a...

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World Open Thread

Then did he raise on high the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, saying, “Bless this, O Lord, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.” And the people did rejoice and did feast upon the lambs...

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Regional Threads

We are going to try to fix the regional threads soon…hopefully, sometime this weekend.   I am thinking of having the threads roll over at 100 comments, and having an archiving system to access old comment threads. I...

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