Author: BooMan

Zombie Neoconservatives

There seems to be a lively competition going to see who can write the best smackdown of the neoconservatives who have reemerged on our teevees to discuss the foreign policy “failures” of the president. Stephen...

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What Next for Martin O’Malley?

Maryland voters will go to the polls next Tuesday to select their nominees for November’s gubernatorial election. All the action is on the Democratic side, as Maryland has only elected one Republican governor since Spiro...

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What is George Will Talking About?

Maybe I am just tired from driving to and from the airport, but I had to read George Will’s column three times before I thought that I maybe kind of understood it. Reading his stuff sometimes feels like my efforts to read...

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Lunch Buffet

Bloomberg has a fascinating article on how Kurdish oil is causing controversy and strained relations between Baghdad and Turkey. Maliki’s government is losing more than territory. They’re losing oil refineries,...

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Pointless Anti-Establishmentarianism

Any anti-Establishment movement worth its salt seeks to become the Establishment. In the 1960’s, countercultural forces wanted to end Jim Crow, fight for women’s “liberation,” and keep our country out of...

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