Author: BooMan

Crazy is a Dangerous Thing

This comes from a guy who wants to start a war with something approaching a dozen countries: What is happening to the Republican Party? I put that question to Lindsey Graham, the senator from South Carolina and basement-dwelling...

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What Biden Risks

It’s certainly possible to run for president and fail and then go on to have a career that is distinguished and fulfilling enough to wipe out the embarrassment and disappointment. I think Teddy Kennedy accomplished this. I...

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The $50 a Mexican Pelt President

According to this piece in the New York Times, there were some people who waited twelve hours in the Deep Southern heat to see Donald Trump’s Friday night appearance at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, the home of the University of...

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Israel’s Almost Wars With Iran

I don’t know what to make of this report in the New York Times that Israel almost attacked Iran in 2010, 2011, and 2012. Particularly in 2010, that would have been in the context of following up on Operation Cast Lead...

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Is Trump a Good Republican?

It’s true what Glenn Beck says: Donald Trump isn’t a conservative. But he’s a racist, which is close enough. What Trump is, really, is an interesting experiment who tests how much of the Republican...

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