Author: BooMan

What is Romney Talking About?

I’m not an expect on nuclear weapons or weapons delivery systems, but I am baffled by some of Mitt Romney’s complaints about the START treaty. Let’s start with this claim: Astonishingly, while excusing tactical...

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Serious Question

Now that Citizens United has won their case at the Supreme Court, what are they up to? They’re running an updated version of this 2009 ad comparing Barack Obama to Neville Chamberlain, and asking him to ‘Stop...

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The Court is Politics By Other Means

Carl von Clausewitz, the brilliant 19th-Century Prussian military strategist, famously said, “War is not merely a political act, but also a political instrument, a continuation of political relations, a carrying out of the...

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Why Nothing Ever Gets Done

What’s outrageous is how the president is taking criticism for being insufficiently pro-flotilla massacre. After Obama made statements of measured support for Israel following a raid on a Turkish flotilla carrying aid to...

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Picking Up the Slack

A funny thing happens when you take on Wall Street: It’s a humbling moment for Democratic moneymakers in the richest city in the world, an uncomfortable and unfamiliar position for New York fundraisers after a long ride on...

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