Author: BooMan

We’re Not Smart People

We’re eeediots, babe: Despite the overwhelming evidence and need to address its “inevitable impacts,” a huge contingent of the newly-empowered GOP members of Congress do not believe in climate change to begin with. A...

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Quote of the Day

He’s not a moron: “It makes you feel a little bit like a moron to have lost when everyone else is winning,” -Bob Inglis (R-SC) And here’s some mood music.

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My Bro’s Article

I see that my brother has an article in this month’s Foreign Policy magazine. I read this article many months ago, maybe in a draft form. It will make you think differently about issues like sustainability and population...

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More Power to Chuck

Dick Durbin didn’t lose his position as Majority Whip of the U.S. Senate, but he did lose some of his power to Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. “We lost some of the American people because we were so hyperfocused on policy...

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Cynical or Crazy?

Steve Benen wrote the column I’ve been wanting to write but have been too depressed to get to. So, I’ll just add a few comments. There is a high degree of cynicism in how the Republicans operate and that certainly...

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