Author: BooMan

The Politics of Alienating Everyone

A little bird talked to Ben Smith of Politico: A former Bush aide, watching the GOP’s current discussion of Islam with some interest, noted to me today that the crucial thing will be how the 2012 presidential candidates...

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Not In My Back Yard

It’s amusing in a sick kind of way to watch how politicians react when someone proposes cutting military spending in their states and districts. After Defense Secretary Bob Gates announced his intention to shutter the U.S....

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Casual Observation

When an iceblock four times the size of Manhattan detaches from Greenland and heads for the open sea, there is indeed enough new land for the global warming deniers to start their own country. May they do so.

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Boys Will Be Boys

Nothing like a little hijinks at someone else’s expense. The strangest episode of [Rand] Paul’s time at Baylor occurred one afternoon in 1983 (although memories about all of these events are understandably a bit...

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