Author: BooMan

Sean McElwee does a nice job in Salon of explaining why a successful Rand Paul run for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination would basically decimate the GOP’s base of support. To sum up McElwee’s...

The is something vaguely terrifying about the Republican contest to replace Arizona Governor Jan Brewer. I guess the main thing that frightens me is the realization that Brewer represents sanity in the Arizona Republican Party....

Another shoe drops as the Washington Post editorial board announces that it will no longer use the term “Redskins” to describe the local professional football team. We don’t believe that fans who are attached to the...

How do you feel about Reverend Al Sharpton. I am of an age where I was exposed to Sharpton at his very worst. Growing up in the New York metropolitan area in the 1980’s, it was pretty much impossible to ignore...

It seems to be hugely important to gun rights supporters that people understand the difference between fully automatic and semiautomatic weapons. And it appears to greatly irritate them when they hear people fail to accurately...