Author: BooMan

Boehner Really Hates the Minimum Wage

I did not realize that John Boehner once said that he would rather commit suicide than vote for a hike in the minimum wage. Sure, the comment came back in 1996, but he has remained opposed to raising the minimum wage ever since....

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Little Hope for the Damned

I have some advice for the Quad City Times. I understand your desire to replace Brent Bozell as one of your syndicated columnists, considering the fact that he wasn’t even the one writing his columns. But replacing Mr....

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Key Setback For Keystone XL Pipeline

Despite the State Department report issued earlier this month that claimed that the Keystone XL pipeline would have a negligible impact on carbon in the atmosphere, the president still sounds like a man who is reluctant to...

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Musical Chairs in the Senate

When President Obama nominated Senator Max Baucus of Montana to be the ambassador to China, he created a game of musical committee chairs in the U.S. Senate. Some of the changes are pretty significant. Sen. Mary Landrieu of...

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Eye on the Ball

While everyone is focused on Ukraine, things are getting dicey in Venezuela. In both cases, separating the good guys from the bad guys is harder than it might seem, especially if you are relying on American reporting. As in...

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