Author: BooMan

Maureen Dowd the Humble Irish Maid

Maureen Dowd recently discovered that if you make Uber drivers wait an inordinately long time after they’ve arrived to pick you up they will give you a low rating which makes future Uber drivers less inclined to pick you...

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Today, Remember the Warmongers

The way that some people talk, it’s easy to forget that today is not Veteran’s Day. It is Memorial Day, which is a day in which we would go put flowers on the graves of our loved ones who died in war if we had any...

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What is McConnell Trying to Do?

It’s easy to get confused by the swirling politics surrounding the Patriot Act, the NSA, and the USA Freedom Act. Earlier in May, the White House gave its stamp of approval to the USA Freedom Act, saying that it...

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The TPP is in Trouble

You may have heard that the U.S. Senate passed a bill last night that gives the president fast-track (or trade promotion) authority on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. I wouldn’t assume, however, that this...

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Why Rick Santorum Isn’t Next in Line

I think that one of the things that made the 2012 presidential election so unusual was that there was a very large, persistent plurality of people on the right who could not stand Mitt Romney and wanted anyone else to be their...

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