Author: BooMan

A diary over at dKos got me thinking about what it means to be a moderate, and what has happened to the whole idea of political moderation. In 1964, five years before I was born, Barry Goldwater made an infamous and damaging...

Man Eegee volunteered to make up a guide for the Newbie that would help newcomers navigate the site and understand all its features. Boy!! did he do a good job. I am going to post his effort below so that we can have a comments...

Student Suspended for Call to Mom in Iraq The Associated Press Friday, May 6, 2005; 12:23 PM COLUMBUS, Ga. — A high school student was suspended for 10 days for refusing to end a mobile phone call with his mother, a...

I don’t know if all of you are familiar with Ray McGovern. McGovern is a former high level member of the Central Intelligence Agency, who has been a very vocal critic of the George W. Bush administration, and especially of...

“Did I know sin before I knew salvation? You bet!” -Jeff Gannon, in the June 2005 edition of Vanity Fair. ***Note: My e-mail is not working right. I received an email from my wife at 6:25 that she sent at 3:00. I...