Author: BooMan

Eric Loomis is too kind: Jimmy Carter may have been well to the right of the Democratic majority in Congress and tried to create policy from such an untenable position. Bill Clinton may have signed NAFTA, created Don’t Ask Don’t...

When, O Maureen, do you intend to cease abusing our patience? How long is that madness of yours still to mock us? When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now? Does not the...

Amartya Sen is trying to start a conversation at The New Republic. Here’s the heart of it: The bulk of the American population seems basically unconvinced that the threat is large enough to warrant any great sacrifices...

I’m basically rooting for Vox to succeed but I guess I am not even doing my small part to make it happen. I have linked to them a couple of times, but I haven’t made them a regular part of my reading list. I find the...

This global warming thing isn’t working out for me. Although we saved many hundreds of dollars by not having to use our air conditioner this summer (at all), I’m tired of being cold and I’m still traumatized by...