Author: BooMan

Wanker of the Day: Robert Schmidt

Elizabeth Warren is getting attention recently for her increasingly strident attacks on Wall Street. Beyond mere rhetoric, this has taken solid form in her opposition to the nomination of Antonio Weiss to be undersecretary for...

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Academia Doesn’t Respect Crap Arguments

What I’d advise Katherine Timpf is to stop bemoaning that the University of Michigan protects people from being discriminated against for their race, gender, or sexual preference but not for their political leanings, and...

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Some Cuban Exiles are Ecstatic

I was born in 1969, in all that time I have never been as proud of a U.S. president as I am of President Obama today. I am overjoyed that he has restored full diplomatic relations with Cuba. Unfortunately for me, this incredibly...

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Movement on Cuba

I’m super busy editing this morning, but obviously there is big news on Cuba. I’ll have more to say soon, but you should all know that I’ve been calling for this ever since Obama was inaugurated, as my archives...

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Casual Observation

I probably have more confidence that most in the Republican Establishment’s ability to push through the candidate of their choice, so I think Jeb Bush has a good chance of winning the nomination. However, I don’t...

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