Author: BooMan

How do you feel about this Islamic State organization?

In some universe inhabited by Republicans, former vice-president Dick Cheney exhibited admirable leadership qualities while serving as our nation’s leader for national security purposes. After raising a reported $3 million...

I try to remember what it was like when the AIDS epidemic first hit in the early 1980s. It’s true that it took a while to really understand what was happening, how it was transmitted, and what might be done about it. For...

I find it hard to believe that Israelis are seriously discussing how much money Sara Netanyahu “stole” from the government’s coffers by pocketing bottle deposit redemptions. As I understand it, the official...

It never occurred to me that Cuba and Hispaniola are virtually identical. I didn’t know they were only separated by about 50 miles, either: With President Barack Obama easing a five-decade-old embargo on Cuba, no nation in...