Author: BooMan

Things That Make Me Uncomfortable

There are certain ledes that you just don’t want to see in your news feed. SIMFEROPOL, CRIMEA — No one has any idea what President Vladimir Putin will do after Crimea votes on Sunday to join Russia. But if bankers...

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What Can We Learn from the Progressive Era?

Prof. Jackson Lears has an excellent review of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s new book in The New Republic. The book, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, is a treatment of...

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Casual Observation

Jackson Lears’ review of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s new book about Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft, and the Progressive Era is harsh and thrilling at the same time. This is history we need to be studying. And it looks like...

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Franchisees Should Unionize to Raise Wages

Unlike the man in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall who famously forgot his mantra, the Republican Party drones on about small businesses being the engine of growth with no hint that they will ever forget their lines and go off...

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