Author: BooMan

Walker Opens a Seat at the Adult Table

I could laugh for several days on end at Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the ridiculous press appearance he made to announce that he is suspending his campaign. But I don’t really care about Walker anymore than I care...

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Casual Observation

We’re living in a pretty topsy-turvy world when Chief Justice John Roberts is supposed to get praise for judicial restraint rather than getting pummeled by both sides of the political aisle for failing to give either of...

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No Sense of Decency

Frank Rich is money when it comes to using his encyclopedic knowledge of political literature, theater, and cinema to put Trumpism in its proper place in the American tradition. I also like the concise phrasing he uses here:...

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Political Leadership vs. Political Demagoguery

It’s true that our Constitution says that there shall be no religious test to hold political office in the United States. You can find this in Article VI: The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members...

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Casual Observation

First of all, Rep. Alcee Hastings lost the ability to tell anyone anything a long time ago, and secondly, the question of Bernie Sanders’ electability is something that he can answer in the Democratic nominating contest....

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