Puffin’s Place

The upcoming release of some of the grand jury documents for the Rosenberg case is one good reason to visit the National Security Archive, one of the FOIA petitioners in this case.
The site, housed at George Washington University in DC, includes an astonishing number of documents. Want to know more about September 11, 2001 backstage? [...]

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Where is Hillary? Still ducking bullets I guess.
Where is Obama?
Feingold and Dodd carry the flag against a tide of indolent, cowardly, and indifferent national leaders.
Shame on Clinton, Obama, McCain, and the rest. Pfui. They do not deserve us nor we them.

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In the FWIW department, I have hesitated to post about impeaching Bush. I remember with some chagrin when I supported impeaching Clinton for lying under oath. It seemed to me then to be important to communicate to future presidents that obeying the law is important.
With the advent of the monarchy of GWB et al, the [...]

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Unless a Federal lawsuit prevails, South Carolina residents who feel a compulsion to announce their religiosity will be able to do so on their license plates this fall.
Perhaps a plate that has I believe and a cross-with-stained-glass window on it is no more repugnant than my Obama bumper stickers, but it is considerably more repulsive [...]

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I’m sure all HRC and BO supporters will be watching Monday’s Senate meditations on the FISA revision bill which has been passed by a docile House. I am puzzled and startled by Obama’s support of the bill even though he also indicates he will “work” to remove retroactive immunity for the telecoms.
Personally, I would prefer [...]

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Some of the chattering class is wondering why the feminists are content to toss Michelle Obama under the bus after their group hysteria when Hillary Clinton pouts did not convert her into the Democratic nominee.
No real puzzle here. The US has always turned away from those suspicious blokes and blokenesses who chose to use words [...]

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He could be believed. And admired.

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I have always been a documentary hound and find myself enjoying even some relatively bad ones hugely. So I thought I would collect here some that have most impressed me in the past few months—and the time frame is viewing, not appearance on the scene.
Today began to watch and had to turn off The Story [...]

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If you hear or read some preposterous charges about Barack or Michelle Obama, check the charges out at Fight the Smears. Or send people who like to dabble in the outlandish to that site so these smears can be debunked before—one hopes—they grow really long legs. If you have a few pennies lying about, you [...]

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A thought or challenge to those who think Hillary Clinton lost the nomination because of sexism.
Do you believe that every time a woman loses to a man, sexism is the cause? If Obama had lost, would it have been because of racism? Anti-male sexism?
How condescending do you think it is to assume a woman cannot [...]

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