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I’m Moving This Joint to Substack
After more than twenty years of operating a fully independent progressive website (first Booman Tribune and then Progress Pond) I have moved my operations to Substack. I resisted this move for years even though it’s been clear to me for a long time that it made financial sense. Ultimately, I did not have much choice. Last November, I suffered what…Read More
Are You a Heritage American?
I always hesitate to write about my ancestry because inevitably I’ll get a note from my parents informing me that I’ve gotten some detail wrong. But I know I have ancestors who came over on the Mayflower, and ancestors from Prussia who founded the town of Berlin, Pennsylvania, and an ancestor who arrived in the 19th-Century from Northern Italy. I…Read More
Why the Democrats Should Cut Off All Government Funding Discussions
Sébastien Lecornu resigned as French Prime Minister less than a month into the job. The reason is that he cannot cobble together a coalition that will pass a budget. As he explained, the balance of power and the mood of the country does not favor compromise: In a last-ditch move, Mr. Lecornu announced last week that he would not use…Read More
Pizzagate Darling Jack Posobiec is Voting Illegally in My State
I felt badly Edgar Maddison Welch of North Carolina when I found out what he had done. Completely suckered into believing a bogus conspiracy theory promoted by foreign intelligence agencies and domestic right-wing agitators, Welsh traveled on December 4, 2016 from his home state to the Comet Ping-Pong pizzeria in Washington DC and committed some felonies. Specifically, he showed up…Read More