Author: BooMan

Odds & Ends

I did not watch one second of NCAA basketball this year until the tourney started on Thursday. Nonetheless, I am winning my office pool having guessed 23 of 32 games correctly, and I enter the second round with a large lead in...

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They Don’t Like Brown People

Andrew Kohut of Pew Research is the father of one of my close high school friends. He ran Gallup back then, but he’s been with Pew for a couple of decades now. He has a big article in the Washington Post about the...

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Preppy Bowtie Spook

What has Tucker Carlson gotten himself involved in? Operations on this level are way above his pay grade. And if you go after a sitting U.S. Senator, you best not miss.

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This is What Collapse Looks Like

Back in November, Nate Cohn took a look at the election results in Texas and basically poured cold water on the idea that Democrats will be able to compete there anytime soon. Cohn’s job was made more difficult because...

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Reactions in Israel

Haaretz: Sometimes it takes someone from the outside, like U.S. President Barack Obama, to show up and tell it like it is to the Israelis: You’ve got a wonderful country, you’re wise and just, you suffered and you...

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