Author: BooMan

The Truthification of Political Discourse

In recent years, we’ve seen the emergence of journalistic outlets that try to arbitrate the truthfulness of political statements. Perhaps the best established is the Tampa Bay Times’ Politifact. They do a tolerable...

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Christie Showed His Stripes

The dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy of 2007 has been largely forgotten, but it was a very big deal at the time. It resulted in the resignations of the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, the Acting Associate...

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Bullying Tactics

The dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy has been largely forgotten, but it was a very big deal at the time. It resulted in the resignations of the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, the Acting Associate Attorney...

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Weekend Announcement

For the remainder of January, I will be blogging at the Washington Monthly on the weekends. Please come over and check me out there. Oh, in case you were curious, there really was a traffic study: The study was emailed among...

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Too Late, The Paper Has Been Ruined

Whether the Washington Post has an independent ombudsman or not is not a particularly sexy topic of discussion, especially considering what a bad joke that paper has become. The truth is, however, that Fred Hiatt just...

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