Author: BooMan

Everyone Wants To Be Saul Alinsky

Everybody wants to emulate Saul Alinsky. First we had Markos updating Alinsky’s work for the digital age. Then we had Dick Friggin’ Armey teaching Alinksy to the nutty teabaggers. Pennsylvania, a perennial swing...

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How Low Can You Go?

How many more people would have jobs if employers could legally pay them almost nothing? That’s an interesting question. But I’d like the answer to a different question. Pollsters should go around to small business...

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Serious Question

Al Gore did have a bit of a problem with exaggeration, although I think it was blown out of proportion. He really did tend to keep to a tenuous line that separates exaggeration from outright lying. Not so for Michele Bachmann....

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Wanker of the Day: David Brooks

David Brooks must have some kind of point, but I’m not really sure what it is. He seems to be saying that different leadership styles can be equally effective. But that’s certainly not his point. He says being led by...

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Protecting Kids from Sex and Violence

Here’s an interesting exercise. See if you have an answer for Justice Breyer who, along with Clarence Thomas, dissented from the 7-2 Supreme Court ruling that says that companies can sell extremely violent video games to...

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