Author: BooMan

Not Repeating Clinton’s Mistakes

If I thought President Obama was attempting to be “serious” in the manner that Washington insiders usually mean that term, I would have to agree wholeheartedly with Marc Thiessen: Let’s imagine you were a Democratic...

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Casual Observation

Re-reading my last dozen posts or so, I realize just how grumpy I have been lately. I apologize, but I certainly feel justified.

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Is This Better Than a Poke in the Eye?

I know I am going to have to buck up, because I can’t bring this kind of negativity into the tournament, but reading about the Bush Family, the Paul Family, the Clintons, Romney, Huckabee, Santorum, and other retreads just...

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Why the Hate for James Taylor?

I once spent a couple of interesting nights with James Taylor’s daughter (with Carly Simon) who was friends with an old girlfriend of mine. That’s my only connection to their family, although I did get some scoops on...

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Blood on the Leaves and Blood at the Root

In 1930, Harry Anslinger became the head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. In the current Politico Magazine, Johann Hari has a feature on his effort to ruin Billie Holiday and the whole Jazz community. Mr. Anslinger was a bad...

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