Author: BooMan

Connor Barwin on the NFL and Michael Sam

As a New York Giants fan, it’s a problem that Connor Barwin joined the Eagles last year both because he’s very good and because he seems to have fixed the locker room problem the Eagles were having the previous year....

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Serious Question

I don’t mean to come off as a dope, but I have trouble understanding why some people think it is vitally important that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Here is Aryeh Tepper, writing...

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The Texas Miracle is Hype

My brother Phil has the cover article in the new issue of the Washington Monthly. He examines the so-called “Texas Miracle” and finds it to be mainly hype. For example, people are not fleeing high-regulation states...

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Ungrateful Bastard

Lord knows that I can sympathize with anyone who is angry with the American government over how they have managed the war in Afghanistan, but Hamid Karzai can go to hell: After leaving office, Karzai won’t go far: The government...

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Jerry Brown and Potheads

The man once dubbed “Governor Moonbeam” by Chicago columnist Mike Royko is concerned about California being overrun by potheads: “Well, we have medical marijuana, which gets very close to what they have in...

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