Author: BooMan

Henry Waxman Has Some Thoughts

I hear a lot of lazy talk about how the president isn’t a fighter and doesn’t even try to get stronger bills. But we don’t know what goes on behind the scenes: As a chairman who spent months shepherding both...

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Casual Observation

It’s interesting that the “extreme judicial activist” judges who are “criminalizing Christianity” in this country seem to have all been nominated by Republican presidents. Judicial tyranny arises...

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Bans on Gay Marriage Ruled Unconstitutional

Actually quite tame by Newt’s standards: “Judge Walker’s ruling overturning Prop 8 is an outrageous disrespect for our Constitution and for the majority of people of the United States who believe marriage is...

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Sirota is Full of It

In January 2008, Andrew Romanoff was named DLC Man of the Week. The reasons given for the honor were all laudable, but the DLC doesn’t lavish praise on people from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. In 2009,...

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With Midterms Looming, It’s Time to Work

One thing I haven’t seen much discussed is that the outcome of this November’s elections will decide who gets to redraw the 435 congressional seats in the House of Representatives, as well as the districts for each...

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