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Author: BooMan

So Long, Bob Herbert

Bob Herbert is leaving the New York Times after eighteen years. His last column is a good one. I liked this part: The U.S. has not just misplaced its priorities. When the most powerful country ever to inhabit the earth finds it...

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Government Shutdown? Bring It On!

With the president trying to deal with three wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, bitching and moaning among our allies in NATO, a nuclear crisis in Japan, unrest in Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, Jordan, and Syria, an escalation of...

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Attacked for Thinking

Well, I agree with the critique of the Republicans, anyway… In his deliberative fashion, Obama ultimately saved countless lives in the short term, and will allow the rebels in Libya to own their revolution in the long...

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Bracketing the GOP Nomination Contest

Other than Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty, it doesn’t really look like anyone is serious about winning the Republican nomination. Oh, sure, everyone from Rick Santorum to Donald Trump is talking about running, or, in Newt...

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The Stakes in Libya

I’m not sure what the president’s plan is for Libya but one thing that is already obvious is that we’re not witnessing something that we’re used to seeing. I think Peter Beinart is probably onto something...

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