Author: BooMan

Not Such a Big Stick After All

Just for a moment, I am going to reduce the complicated issue of U.S/European relations with Russia down to the basest and most analytically juvenile level possible: measuring peckers with a ruler. Putin thought he came in with...

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Turmoil in Pakistan

I don’t think that killing scores of school children belonging to Pakistan’s military elite is going to deter Pakistan’s military from going after the Taliban and other extremist groups. But it might be the...

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Thanks For Reminding Us That You’re Dr. No

Obviously, not all government programs succeed in doing what they are intended to do, and others accomplish their task inefficiently and could achieve the same goals at less cost. But it seems pretty lame to cap your Senate...

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The Danger of Lowered Standards

Sometimes I wish we could magically take the partisanship out of our political disagreements long enough for people to make objective determinations about who, if anyone, has the better of the argument. One of the dangers of the...

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Casual Observation

It wasn’t just what she said, it was how she said it: “You know, there is a lot of talk lately about how Dodd-Frank isn’t perfect. There is a lot of talk coming from CitiGroup about how Dodd-Frank isn’t...

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