Author: BooMan

Casual Observation

Not that I even disagree with his observations, but it doesn’t make sense to ask Tad Devine about what progressives think. He’s just a bizarre choice. No single progressive can speak for all progressives, but...

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Can’t Ride the Beast

Former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson grows uncomfortable with the tone on the right: Questioning the legitimacy of our government is the poisoning of patriotism. It is offensive for the same reasons it was offensive when...

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Follow This Man’s Advice

Ramzy Mardini knows a hell of a lot more about the Middle East than I do, but he and I have the exact same opinion about what our proper policy should be on Syria. We should not take sides in a sectarian civil war. We should not...

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We Need to Get Over Ourselves

I have a thought, but before I share it, you have to read this first: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) hailed efforts to arm opposition forces seeking to topple Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad, but said President Obama’s decision to...

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We’re Wired to Care

When my son was born three and a half years ago, he looked like he had just gone 15 rounds with Joe Frazier. He was beat up. He had red welts on his face. But I couldn’t see it. Every time I took a picture of him, I was...

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