Author: BooMan

Not Getting It

I’m not really getting what the “watered-down” version of the House NSA bill actually does differently than the original bill. The Washington Post’s Andrea Peterson certainly didn’t clarify things...

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Crazy is an Important Variable

If you’re a Kentucky voter who is sick and tired of Mitch McConnell, I don’t think it is all that likely that you will vote for him because you are also sick and tired of Barack Obama. It’s important to keep...

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Ta-Nehisi Coates Outdoes Himself

I predict that Ta-Nehisi Coates will win many awards for his latest piece making the case for reparations for the legacy of slavery, Jim Crow, and predatory housing policies. He’s right that the subject has become a taboo,...

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I Like Where the Country is Heading

The family that lives to my right is Mexican-American, and the family that lives across the street is mixed-race in the exact same way that Barack Obama’s family was mixed-race, meaning that there is a white parent but...

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Pelosi Names Benghazi Committee Members

Nancy Pelosi has decided to have the Democrats participate on the Select Committee to Investigate the Benghazi Attacks. Unsurprisingly, Elijah Cummings of Maryland will serve as the ranking member of the committee. The others...

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