Author: BooMan

Back to the Future: The Senate to Come

Every once in a while it’s instructive to get a picture of what we’re fighting for when we do political advocacy. So, I put together my best guess of who will be running what in the U.S. Senate at the beginning of...

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Open Thread

Time for some FinnMan blogging: Click to embiggen. Yeah, I know I’m lucky. So, what do you want to talk about?

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RIP Dorothy Height

Let us pause to remember the life of Dorothy Height, the greatest civil rights leader that most Americans have never heard of. The Washington Post has a good epitaph.

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Those Secret Holds

I just watched quite the spectacle on the Senate floor. Senator Claire McCaskill attempted to get unanimous consent to the confirmation of 12-15 nominees to various government agencies who have been subject to secret holds...

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The Case for Peace in the Middle East

Richard Cohen remains one of the most incoherent columnists in America. Even as he tries to reassure his religious brethren that the president has an entirely sensible policy towards Israel, he can’t help but bash Obama...

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