Author: BooMan

Immigration Reform Passes Senate

Here is the roll call on final passage of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. It passed 68-32, with all Democrats and Independents voting in favor, along with 14 Republicans. The...

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Say Goodbye to Stop and Frisk?

It looks like the New York City city council has finally decided that they’ve had enough of Mayor Bloomberg’s Stop and Frisk policy. With veto-proof majorities they have passed one bill to create an Inspector General...

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Schlafly and Buchanan

I wish that people like Phylis Schlafly and Pat Buchanan would be totally honest. They come closer than most Republicans to being candid about their racist beliefs, but I still want to know what they really think. The one thing...

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Why It Feels Like a War on Religion

I think we have grown familiar with the ritual of some celebrity or politician making a racist or anti-Semitic or misogynistic statement and then entering into a period of public penance. There are public relations firms that...

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And Still the World Didn’t End

The reactions to the Supreme Court’s gay rights rulings were not quite as crazy as I had hoped, but Rand Paul didn’t disappoint with his own personal Man on Dog contribution. I do wonder about the Man on Dog...

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