Author: BooMan

Serious Question

How is this not obstruction of justice? President Trump has promised to spend at least $430,000 of his own money to defray legal costs incurred by campaign associates and White House staff due to the Russia investigations, a...

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Open Thread

I woke up sick and with back spasms and wasn’t sure I could coach my soccer team, but I sucked it up and was rewarded with a 12-6 victory. We’ve got a winning streak going now and seem to reach double digits in goals...

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Thank God It’s Friday

As the Trump Era presses on, the weeks get longer and more dispiriting. When we get to the end, it’s hard to remember what outrage was central at the beginning. And that’s why we need dark humor: I hope Trump can get...

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Trump’s Empty Promise on Opioids

Issues of addiction became more and more central to me as they came at my family like a tsunami over the last decade. Most of the details of this are too private to share. Personally, I celebrated three years without a sip of...

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Can Roy Moore Actually Make the Senate Worse?

I wonder if I am alone in thinking that it scarcely matters whether or not Roy Moore wins the December special election in Alabama and becomes a U.S. Senator. Naturally, it would mean something if he lost to Democrat Doug Jones....

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