Author: BooMan

Sorkin’s Problem

Alex Pareene’s take down of Aaron Sorkin seems unnecessarily harsh. I’ve watched the first three episodes of The Newsroom and I don’t think it is awful. However, Pareene did a service by explaining to me...

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The Politics of Marijuana

It might not be an ideal situation, but I believe there is very little a presidential candidate could do that would be more effective at attracting new voters than to come out for relaxing our marijuana laws. The easiest and...

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North Dakota’s Black Gold Rush

If you have enough money and a decent credit score, there appears to be almost limitless ways that you can become a millionaire in North Dakota. Their oil boom is so big and so sudden that they don’t have enough of...

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Clowns to the Right of Me

I never heard of this guy before tonight, but since he’s calling me out as an example of why he can’t be a Democrat anymore, I suppose I’ll respond. I wasn’t mocking Andrew Breitbart’s death when I...

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Veep and Convention Speculation

I generally ignore the New York Daily News but their piece on Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential announcement merits a little discussion. First, there’s the bottom line. Romney will not make an announcement until after...

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