Author: BooMan

Casual Observation

Bill O’Reilly will turn 65 on September 10th, so it isn’t all that surprising that his audience skews old, but his median viewer is seventy-two. That’s astonishing. By the presidential election of 2024,...

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We Need a Reporters’ Shield Law

The James Risen case in concerning and confusing. That the Supreme Court has refused to hear his case is frustrating. I don’t understand Attorney General Eric Holder’s position on the case. He said just last week...

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Lunch Buffet

Ed Kilgore is traveling home today after paying tribute to his departed mother, so I’m helping out a bit at the Political Animal. For starters, here’s a Lunch Buffet: Markos Kounalakis says “What we are...

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The War on Coal Begins

Today is the day when the administration rolls out its plan to address Climate Change or, at the detractors will argue, the first day of the War on Coal. Justin Gillis and Henry Fountain have an excellent piece on this up at the...

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What to Do With Will Hill?

Most of you probably don’t care about football, and I know a lot of you actively disapprove of the sport. I like it. I am a big New York Giants fan. I am a fan of the team and a fan of the organization, which is one of the...

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