Author: BooMan

A Clue for Kathleen Parker

Kathleen Parker needs an education about race and religion. She uses her column today to argue that the president’s past association with Reverend Jeremiah Wright is a legitimate issue because it “shine(s) a light on...

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Wanker of the Day: Clive Crook

Clive Crook wanks: As always Bill Galston and John Cassidy are well worth reading. In interesting new commentaries on the election, both think Obama has the edge, while emphasizing that it might be a close thing and warning...

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Do You Trust Gallup?

I don’t have independent confirmation of these numbers, but I trust Jon Chait to get them right: The white share of the electorate has been falling steadily for two decades, from 87 percent in 1992 to 83 percent in 1996 to...

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Pity the Straight White Male

I’m not much of a gamer. I play a little video soccer. I own Madden football but I don’t play it. I basically think video games are a gargantuan time-sink that are ruining the health of a whole generation of...

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A Nation of Bedwetters

We really have the worst Congress, particularly the House of Representatives, in living memory. It’s not even close. In two votes Friday morning, the House backed the president’s powers to indefinitely detain terror...

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