Author: BooMan

Who Cares About The Duggars?

So, I saw this thing from Ed this morning and I was surprised that some people, notably Sarah Posner, think that it’s a very big deal that one member of the enormous Duggar family was a sexual predator as a teenager and...

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Casual Observation

I suppose we should all get familiar with Palmyra before the Islamic State militants destroy it. Thanks, Bush.

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The TPP Lives Another Day

I’ve been preoccupied with non-political matters over the last week or so, and that’s left me at a disadvantage in trying to write about the president’s trade bill and how it is proceeding in Congress. Burgess...

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Philosophical Paradoxes and the GOP Debates

Here’s how Aristotle described Zeno’s paradox of the arrow: “If everything when it occupies an equal space is at rest, and if that which is in locomotion is always occupying such a space at any moment, the...

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I Warned You About Grayson

I warned you about Alan Grayson way back in November 2009. Admittedly, I had the distinct advantage of meeting the man and conversing with him, which is how I could tell he wasn’t someone to trust with any kind of...

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