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Posts by Doug Mataconis

Doug Mataconis
About Doug Mataconis
Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.

Report: North Korea Warns Chinese Of More Nuke Tests, Missile Launches

· Friday, February 15, 2013 · 10 comments

Herman Cain Signs With Fox News

· Friday, February 15, 2013 · 15 comments

President Obama Backs Dumping The Penny

· Friday, February 15, 2013 · 10 comments

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Senate Republicans Moving To Block John Brennan’s Nomination To Head C.I.A.

· Friday, February 15, 2013 · 79 comments

Here we go again.

Meteorite Strikes Central Russia, Up To 500 Injured

· Friday, February 15, 2013 · 50 comments

A bolt out of the blue.

Cloture Vote On Hagel Nomination Fails, For Now

· Thursday, February 14, 2013 · 10 comments

Frank Lautenberg Will Not Seek Re-Election In 2014

· Thursday, February 14, 2013 · 8 comments

Nate Silver Might Give Up Blogging If He’s Impacting Elections

· Thursday, February 14, 2013 · 13 comments

Republicans Blocking Hagel Nomination, For Now

· Thursday, February 14, 2013 · 61 comments

For the moment, Republicans appear to be blocking Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be Secretary of Defense but they don’t seem to know why they’re doing it.

State Of The Union Lowest Rated Since 2000

· Thursday, February 14, 2013 · 12 comments

Public Opinion Of The U.S. In Pakistan Falls Dramatically

· Thursday, February 14, 2013 · 9 comments

Analyzing The Battle Of Hoth

· Thursday, February 14, 2013 · 17 comments

Best Final Jeopardy Answer Ever

· Wednesday, February 13, 2013 · 9 comments

Scott Brown Signs On With Fox News

· Wednesday, February 13, 2013 · 15 comments

Senate Committee Approves Hagel On Party Line Vote

· Tuesday, February 12, 2013 · 21 comments

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Let’s Eliminate The State Of The Union Address

· Tuesday, February 12, 2013 · 52 comments

It’s time to end this absurd annual spectacle.

China Condemns North Korean Nuclear Test

· Tuesday, February 12, 2013 · 3 comments

Obama To Announce Afghan Troop Withdrawal

· Tuesday, February 12, 2013 · 13 comments

Hagel Nomination To Move Forward This Week

· Monday, February 11, 2013 · 7 comments

French Communists Give Up The Hammer And Sickle

· Sunday, February 10, 2013 · 21 comments

Maker’s Mark Reducing Alcohol Content To Keep Up With Demand

· Sunday, February 10, 2013 · 26 comments

Ron Paul Files Trademark Complaint Against His Fans

· Sunday, February 10, 2013 · 7 comments

Lindsey Graham Threatens Hold On Hagel, Brennan Nominations Over Benghazi

· Sunday, February 10, 2013 · 17 comments

CNN Anchor Asks If Approaching Asteroid Was Caused By Global Warming

· Sunday, February 10, 2013 · 43 comments

Mississippi Supreme Court Mistakenly Flies Confederate Flag

· Friday, February 8, 2013 · 107 comments

Jesse Jackson Jr Signs Plea Deal

· Friday, February 8, 2013 · 13 comments

Large Asteroid To Pass Close To Earth

· Friday, February 8, 2013 · 16 comments

Bush Family E-Mails Hacked

· Friday, February 8, 2013 · 10 comments

Congressman Fires Staffer Over Inadvertent Tweet

· Friday, February 8, 2013 · 16 comments

China Starting To Get Irritated With North Korea?

· Thursday, February 7, 2013 · 11 comments

North Korea’s latest provocations may be testing the patience of their patrons in Beijing.

Jesse Jackson Jr. Headed To Jail?

· Thursday, February 7, 2013 · 7 comments

Poll: 75% Of Americans Support Women In Combat

· Thursday, February 7, 2013 · 4 comments

Marco Rubio To Deliver Response To State Of The Union

· Thursday, February 7, 2013 · 8 comments

John Bolton Praises Obama Drone Policy

· Wednesday, February 6, 2013 · 19 comments

Media Trust Poll Reveals Deep Polarization

· Wednesday, February 6, 2013 · 28 comments

Polls Find Majority Support For Path To Citizenship For Illegal Immigrants

· Wednesday, February 6, 2013 · 27 comments

A positive political climate for immigration reform.

Hagel Will Be Confirmed, But The Hagel Battle Tells Us Much About The GOP

· Wednesday, February 6, 2013 · 28 comments

Chuck Hagel will be confirmed, but the campaign against him tells us much about the current state of Republican foreign policy

Should We Continue To Subsidize Rural Mail Delivery?

· Wednesday, February 6, 2013 · 88 comments

It may have made sense to subsidize rural mail delivery once, that may not longer be the case?

Post Office To Eliminate Most Saturday Mail Delivery

· Wednesday, February 6, 2013 · 15 comments

Dick Morris Out At Fox News Channel

· Wednesday, February 6, 2013 · 17 comments

A Baseball Recovered From A Civil War Battlefield

· Tuesday, February 5, 2013 · 5 comments

Steve King: A Todd Akin Problem For The GOP In Iowa?

· Tuesday, February 5, 2013 · 13 comments

Obama: Let’s Delay The Sequester Cuts. Boehner: Let’s Not

· Tuesday, February 5, 2013 · 26 comments

President Obama’s Troubling Justification For Targeted Killings

· Tuesday, February 5, 2013 · 46 comments

The Obama Administration has given us a peek at its legal arguments for targeted killings and they are troubling to say the least.

John McCain To Republicans: Don’t Filibuster Hagel

· Monday, February 4, 2013 · 10 comments

Tagg Romney Bows Out Of Senate Race

· Monday, February 4, 2013 · 17 comments

Should Super Bowl Monday Be A National Holiday?

· Monday, February 4, 2013 · 30 comments

Does America deserve a day off today because we all stayed up late overindulging?

Super Bowl Sets Viewership Record For Fourth Straight Year

· Monday, February 4, 2013 · 5 comments

Oreo Wins The Super Bowl

· Monday, February 4, 2013 · 1 comment

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Space Cadet

· Monday, February 4, 2013 · 8 comments

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