Author: BooMan

Bon Jovi and Obama’s Innovation

I don’t know. He’s a hometown boy around here but in my crowd Jon Bon Jovi has always been kind of a joke. It’s not that we have any ill-will towards the guy. He’s a very nice man who does a lot to give...

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Why So Complacent?

I’m not saying it is necessarily a good thing that Italians are occupying trains stations and airport runways because they hate Silvio Berlusconi and don’t want him to be their president prime minister anymore. But...

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Tax Compromise Will Go Through

It looks like Obama won’t have any difficulty getting his tax compromise passed. I watched Jon Kyl extolling its virtues on the Senate floor this morning. What really struck me was the sight of Jon Kyl talking up the...

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Richard Holbrooke Has Passed

It’s not his fault, but Richard Holbrooke died at an inopportune time. On Tuesday, Obama is scheduled to meet with his top national security advisers to finalize an assessment of his Afghanistan strategy in the year since...

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Serious Question

Can it get any more obvious that we’re wasting our time in Afghanistan? Actually, it can. It can’t get really obvious. But why do we have to wait for that?

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