Author: BooMan

Letter to the Washington Post’s Ombudsman

Dear Ombudsman Andrew Alexander, The Washington Post ran an editorial by Catholic League President Bill Donahue in its October 19th version of On Faith. Here is how Donahue began his column: There are many ways cultural...

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Reading the Tea Leaves

As Harry Reid works through all the negotiations to bring a health care bill to the Senate floor, it is encouraging to hear him say that he is leaning towards a public option. It makes me wonder why Obama seems to be dampening...

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Casual Observation

A small sliver of me still holds on to the expectation that our Congress will set a positive example and not act like third-graders. I am going to be a father soon, and I’d like it if my government didn’t serve as...

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Serious Question

Traditional Americans are white. That’s Pat Buchanan’s term. Sarah Palin preferred to use ‘Real Americans.’ That’s probably because until 1920 it was traditional in this country to deny women the...

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Appraising the Midterms

There are a few freshman Democratic congresspeople who were narrowly elected in 2008 on the backs of either unusually high black turnout or student turnout, or both. Mary Jo Kilroy (Ohio State University) and Tom Perriello...

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