Author: BooMan

You Make Me Laugh

One thing about J-Rube falling in love with a Paul Ryan presidential candidacy is that it allows her to get right with the party base she has been alienating as she attacks people like Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. On the other...

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You Can’t Get There From Here

Oh, good, Erick Erickson is gunning for Mitch McConnell’s head. This should make our work easier. Mr. Erickson has noticed that a lot of people on the right are coming to terms with the fact ObamaCare isn’t going...

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Always Something New to Learn

Born, as I was, in 1969, I didn’t initially have much occasion to learn civics lessons through real-world examples. When Nixon resigned, I was more than a month away from my fifth birthday. My first encounter with anything...

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We Need a Different Blue Dog Coalition

I am coming down with what feels like influenza, so please don’t expect much in the way of analysis here. I just want to start a conversation about the following quote: “We’re in this for the long haul,” Rep. Kurt Schrader...

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Elites Get Away With Everything

This is just how things work now. Elites never pay a price for their misbehavior. They can start wars for no good reason. They can torture people. They can hold them in indefinite detention. They can blow off the statutes...

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