James Boren

James Boren
Personal details
Born
James Harlan Boren

(1925-12-10)December 10, 1925
Wheatland, Oklahoma, U.S.
DiedApril 24, 2010(2010-04-24) (aged 84)
Tahlequah, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
RelativesLyle Boren (uncle)
David Boren (cousin)
Dan Boren (cousin)
EducationUniversity 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.

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