Author: BooMan

Casual Observation

I feel like a giant asteroid is going to hit our country tomorrow and it’s making it a little hard to write about anything else. Anyone feeling similarly? I actually have a piece I need to do, but I keep putting it off....

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Reading the Health Care Tea Leaves

If you are pins and needles waiting to see how the Supreme Court ruled on the Affordable Care Act, Sean Trende’s piece is pretty well-reasoned. It’s tough to come out with a prediction that may make the author look...

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Maybe Zimmerman Was Overcharged

As more and more evidence leaks out in the George Zimmerman case, I am beginning to wonder why he was charged with second-degree murder and how the state hopes to prove their case. On a very basic level, there is no doubt that...

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What’s News to You?

It looks like Congress will have one less alcoholic lunatic in office come next January. Rep. John Sullivan of Oklahoma is going down tonight in a primary. I have no idea if his replacement is any saner, but hopefully he drinks...

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Black Republicans Have No Value

Contra Jamelle Bouie, the symbolic value of black Republicans is not real. It is knee-slappingly funny. Need evidence? Watch this: Are you done laughing? Good. Did any part of that strike you as symbolically important? Or did it...

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