Author: BooMan

Casual Observation

I’ll leave it to someone who is, you know, black, to respond to Jeeny Beth Martin and Jeff Meckler, but I do have one thing to say. You should read Tim Wise’s comprehensive list of white racist activities since Obama...

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The Real Disappointment

For me, the most forgivable offense is to tell the truth when you shouldn’t. So, I’m not mad at press secretary Robert Gibbs for admitting what everyone knows: that the Democrats could conceivably lose control of the...

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Offered Without Comment

From CNN: Former Vice President Dick Cheney recently underwent heart surgery and is recovering in a Virginia hospital, said a statement issued by Cheney on Wednesday. During the operation last week at the Inova Fairfax Heart and...

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A Lack of Forthrightness

The thing about doing interviews exclusively with right-wing outlets is that we can still read what you have to say. For example, here’s Rand Paul talking to the National Review about his plan to be less forthright. “No...

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Casual Observation

It’s important that people experience the full consequences of being unemployed or they will come to love unemployment and stick with it. A large body of economic evidence suggests that extending unemployment benefits...

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