Author: BooMan

Sometimes a Leak is Not a Leak

I don’t necessarily disagree with the Washington Post Editorial Board’s position on the inappropriateness of calling James Rosen a potential co-conspirator in the unlawful disclosure of classified information, but I...

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Weird Bedfellows

Votes on Farm Bill amendments often do not follow predictable partisan lines, so it can be interesting (for geeks, anyway) to see how senators are voting. For example, Bernie Sanders of Vermont introduced an amendment that would...

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Talking to a Living Room Table

I enjoyed reading Robert Kaiser’s take on why Congress no longer functions. For nineteen months, Mr. Kaiser had an inside seat on the drafting of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. He did not...

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A Move I Approve

I wrote about Anwar al-Awlaki two times before he was killed and two times after he was killed, each time arguing that the Obama administration should be forced to submit their evidence to a court before they kill an American...

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Faith Vindicated

The New York Times Editorial Board: President Obama’s speech today was the most important statement on counterterrorism policy since the 2001 attacks, a momentous turning point in post-9/11 America. For the first time, a...

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