Author: soj

It seems like Zimbabwe is rapidly going to hell in a handbasket.Last week the government was begging retired nurses (most of them older than 60) to re-enter their former field because of a dire shortage in healthcare workers:...

Just about everybody else has weighed in on Karl Rove’s remarks, where he called a goodly proportion of the American public unpatriotic and alluded to them being treasonous. I found an old book in my house called...

Note: I originally posted this on DailyKos six months ago but have modified it for the Frog Pond This is my Old Tyme FAQ and Jamboree, or my guide to all readers, Commenters and posters on Booman Tribune, the website where you...

Some folks have asked me lately what RSS feeds are and how to use them, so I thought I’d write a little post and explain them to you. You can find a much longer and detailed explanation here but I thought I’d write...

Something revolutionary happened yesterday, although it was done in such a quiet fashion that almost no one paid any attention at all. What I’m referring to was the unanimous election of Jose Miguel Insulza to the post of...