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Jay Bookman
Opinion columnist and blogger
Jay Bookman generally writes about government and politics, with an occasional foray into other aspects of life as time, space and opportunity allow.
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Latest from Jay Bookman
Distortion damages debate
Sometimes, the little things tell you a lot. Here’s one example:Earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid supposedly said that he didn’t really care whether the shutdown of the National Institutes of Health meant that some child afflicted with cancer might be denied treatment at an NIH facility. It ...
Klezmer meets rock and roll? Oy vey
OK, see, this is why you can't lose faith in America. We keep coming up with creative cross-fertilizations like the Shondes (a Yiddish term for shame or scandal). They're a bunch of Jewish kids from Brooklyn, putting out what a Rolling Stone reviewer calls "a mix of riot-grrrl furor, arena ...
Fox News' hilarious redefining of 'equally fed up'
Hilarious. You really have to admire the effort, if not the results. Here's how Fox News describes the results of its own newly released poll: "WHILE CONGRESS CONTINUES to point fingers over who is to blame for the current budget impasse, Fox News polls show Americans appear equally fed up ...
'... know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em'
To pull off a manuever of this magnitude with control of just one chamber of just one branch of government, three things are essential for Republicans: 1.) A clear plan of action, with a clear goal; 2.) A party committed to and fully united in support of that plan. 3.) ...
Economic chaos may not be enough to force deal
UPDATE, as reported by the New York Times: "WASHINGTON — With a budget deal still elusive and a deadline approaching on raising the debt ceiling, Speaker John A. Boehner has told colleagues that he is determined to prevent a federal default and is willing to pass a measure through a ...
What's really at stake in the shutdown/debt ceiling fight
A helpful reminder from Erick Erickson at RedState: "Congressmen, this is about shutting down Obamacare. Democrats keep talking about our refusal to compromise. They don’t realize our compromise is defunding Obamacare. We actually want to repeal it. This is it. Our endgame is to leave the whole thing shut down ...
Boehner's stunning hypocrisy exposed, loud and proud
An angry House Speaker John Boehner strode to the floor of the House Monday night, the night of the shutdown, to insist that all he was fighting for was fairness for the American people. He focused particularly on the bogus "exemption" from ObamaCare that is supposedly being given to members ...
First-day surge on exchanges proves pent-up demand
When Apple launched its iTunes Match software, which allows users to store and access their music on one site for all Apple devices, it proved so popular that Apple's servers crashed when so many users rushed to activate it. This was not considered an embarrassing failure on Apple's part, but ...
With Iran, a last best chance at a sane resolution
While President Obama refuses to negotiate with House Republicans over the budget and debt ceiling, saying that he won't talk with people who are threatening to harm the country, talks with Iran over ending its nuclear program seem to be progressing. In the most recent development, the Iranian Parliament has ...
Both parties playing a role in Georgia’s U.S. Senate race
Everything has to go almost perfectly for Democrat Michelle Nunn if she hopes to be truly competitive in next year’s U.S. Senate race here in Georgia.So far, things in Washington are going almost perfectly.Yes, the drama of a government shutdown and the possibility of another, much more serious confrontation over ...
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