Author: BooMan

In the September/October 2014 issue of the Washington Monthly, Amy Binder explores the reasons that so many graduates from our most elite colleges and universities are pursuing careers on Wall Street.  At first, it seems...

Amy Walter is a savvy political analyst and I agree with most of what she has to say about the upcoming midterm elections. I do think, however, that she goes a little too far when she writes this: The dirty little secret is that...

Yossi Klein Halevi has an interesting piece up at The New Republic that provides an Israeli point of view about the war with Gaza and the general situation there. I don’t have much to say about it right now. I am kind of...

Apparently, Pennsylvania Republicans realized that they are less popular than chlamydia and decided to expand Medicaid. This will improve their chances in November, but they’ve dug a pretty big hole, especially on...

As a political prognosticator, I am at somewhat of a disadvantage this year because I live in Pennsylvania where sanity prevails. According to a recent Franklin & Marshall University poll, the incumbent Republican Governor...