Author: BooMan

The Tea Party Takeover is Complete

In the immediate aftermath of last year’s debt default crisis, Jia Lynn Yang and Tom Hamburger wrote an article for the Washington Post about how the U.S. Chamber of Commerce was sticking with their man, John Boehner....

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Soon Texans Will Drink Their Own Pee

My brother Phil wrote the cover story for the March/April/May issue of the Washington Monthly: Oops: The Texas Miracle That Isn’t. Now comes another major look at the downside of Rick Perry’s Texas from Paul...

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World Cup Thread

I feel so badly for Mexico. They were the better more-deserving team today, but you can never relax against the Netherlands. I can’t imagine the pain Mexican football fans are feeling right now. For me, at least I can go...

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Casual Observation

Saudi Arabia churns out holy warriors by the batch load, either directly or through the subsidies it gives for radicalized sectarian education throughout the world. But now the King feels threatened by them. Maybe he...

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What a Real Men’s Advocacy Group Would Look Like

Since the first annual international conference on men’s issues has convened in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, maybe now is a good time to try to imagine what a legitimate men’s issues group would or should do. I am fortunate...

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