Author: BooMan

It’s the Foreign Policy, Stupid

Dan Balz talks about a potential presidential run by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont in today’s Washington Post. Some people believe Sanders has little to lose in such a campaign. Perhaps. When asked if he is concerned...

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Bill Clinton is a Big Asset

It’s true that Bill Clinton isn’t the most disciplined political spouse and that he caused problems for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign. There are still some lingering bad feelings about it in the...

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Wanker of the Day: Megan McArdle

I don’t know why Jill Abramson was fired as managing editor of the New York Times. I don’t know whether or not she was compensated fairly. I don’t know if a man in the same circumstances would have lost his...

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Former HUD Secretaries Make an Impressive List

With news that San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro may soon be nominated as the next Secretary of Housing & Urban Affairs (HUD), I decided to take a look at a list of previous secretaries. It may be a non-prestigious cabinet...

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This is Strange

Things are getting weird down in Mississippi. Some guy broke into the nursing home where Sen. Thad Cochran’s wife lives. She has dementia. He took pictures and posted them on his blog. He’s been arrested, and there...

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