Author: BooMan

Is Frank Gaffney Legitimately Insane?

I am beginning to wonder if it isn’t an act. Maybe Frank Gaffney is genuinely insane. He’s very well-educated. He has an undergraduate degree from Georgetown and a graduate degree from Johns Hopkins. Both degrees...

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Time to Pivot in the Middle East

Haaretz offers good advice, with one significant caveat. Until the final moments of his rule, Mubarak championed “security and stability,” and Israel saw his regime as a vital strategic pillar. His adherence to the...

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Did I Pick the Right Horse?

Why, yes. Yes, I did: Last Saturday afternoon, President Obama got a jarring update from his national security team: With restive crowds of young Egyptians demanding President Hosni Mubarak’s immediate resignation, Frank G....

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John Bolton is Still a Creep

I don’t care what he says. I don’t even hear him. Anytime he speaks, all that comes to mind is this: Court records concerning the divorce of John R. Bolton, the Bush administration’s nominee to become the next...

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Ineluctable Government Shutdown

I suppose this was to be expected. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) on Friday evening introduced a revised 2011 government spending bill that the GOP said will cut at least $100 billion in spending this...

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