Author: BooMan

The Pope Isn’t a GOP Surrogate Anymore

I don’t know if it is really accurate to say that Pope Francis is splitting from the GOP, but he isn’t following their party line on abortion, contraception, gay rights, tax policy or climate change, primarily...

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If the NYPD Want to Play That Game

Another way of making Zandar’s point is to ask whether or not anyone would notice if the New York Police Department suddenly reduced its overall arrests by 66% and its issuance of traffic citations by 94%? And, if not,...

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Winning Isn’t Everything

I’ve been swamped with WaMo duties, primarily getting our new January/February issue posted online so all you freeloaders can read it without getting a subscription to the print version. When I have a chance, I will be...

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The Future Was Interrupted

When I was growing up in the shadow of New York City, we were too busy learning The Hustle in music class to worry about some Klansmen in Cajun Country. We were indoctrinated into something a little more positive than race...

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Were You Expecting Anything Different?

The office of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has confirmed that he spoke at what was essentially a Klan meeting in 2002. No word yet on whether he was wearing a Smoochy costume.

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