Author: BooMan

The Joyless Campaign

According to the Washington Post’s Matea Gold, Team Clinton wants to raise a billion dollars for the campaign. And if Jeb raises more, they’re not really worried about that. Without a strong primary challenger,...

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Something May Have Broken

There is an illuminating article at Mondoweiss that shows how the New York Times completely rewrote a piece they published on Benjamin Netanyahu’s “racism.” The first piece was authored by Isabel Kershner and...

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Serious Question

Is this checkmate for climate change-denying governors? It reminds me of when the Feds denied highway funding to any state that didn’t raise it’s drinking age. Highly coercive, but...

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I Support The Donald

Donald Trump should get off the pot and run for president as a Republican. I am for this. Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to form a presidential exploratory committee. “I am the only one who can make America truly...

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Obama and Income-Contingent Loans

In the latest issue of the Washington Monthly, Steven Waldman recounts the history of “pay-as-you-can” student loans from the infancy of the idea in Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign to its fulfillment...

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