Author: BooMan

How Russia Can Ease the Tensions

I have a few solutions for this: Russia’s ambassador to the United States has told NBC News he can’t remember a period of worse relations between Washington and Moscow, after both countries expelled dozens of diplomats following...

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All Mass Shooters are Mentally Ill

Apparently, the Secret Service has been studying the profiles of people who carry out mass casualty shootings and they’ve discovered that most of these people showed signs of mental illness prior to going on their...

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The Republicans Are Giving Up on Democracy

There’s no better place to look to see how freaked out the Republicans are than the state of Wisconsin. Gov. Scott Walker enjoys majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. The GOP holds 18 of 33 state Senate...

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Limiting the Presidential Pardon Power

I’m not a constitutional law expert but I think it’s common sense to believe that there’s a limit to the presidential pardon power. It’s true that the president can pardon whomever he wants and...

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GOP Promises Balanced Budget Amendment

There are so many things in the news every day that make me angry but for some reason this bit from Politico’s Playbook makes me absolutely livid: HOUSE REPUBLICANS will take up a balanced-budget amendment when they return...

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