James Boren | |
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Personal details | |
Born | James Harlan Boren December 10, 1925 Wheatland, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Died | April 24, 2010 Tahlequah, Oklahoma, U.S. | (aged 84)
Political party | Democratic |
Relatives | Lyle Boren (uncle) David Boren (cousin) Dan Boren (cousin) |
Education | University of Texas, Austin (BA, PhD) California State University, Long Beach (MA) University of Southern California (MA) |
James Harlan Boren (10 December 1925 – 24 April 2010) was an American author and politician who is best known as a humorist and writer on bureaucratese, in which he poked fun at what he called "the vacuumental thinking and idiotoxicities of Washington".[1] He was also a businessman, teacher, scholar, public servant, political operative, presidential candidate, and public speaker.