Author: BooMan

George Will Lectures Conservatives

In the Washington Post today, George Will tries to take apart Republican resistance to immigration reform piece by piece. The most interesting element of his argument is expressed in his opening and closing paragraphs: Distilled...

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A Counterproposal for Tom Perkins

I guess venture capitalist Tom Perkins just wants to be provocative since he continues to say things that have little purpose other than to make people angry. His latest foray into outrageousness is to propose a new electoral...

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Not Again, Damon Linker

Damon Linker is back for a second bite at the apple, but I still don’t understand his argument. This time, he reiterates that liberals are “cocky” and that we’re infringing on people’s religious...

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Good Day for ObamaCare

It’s not much talked about, but when people lost their jobs in the Great Recession, many of them lost their health insurance. That’s why it’s notable that the percentage of adult uninsured (16%) just reached...

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Will Cowards Really Be Rewarded?

What the Republicans did this week on the debt ceiling was a disgrace, and they were rightly called to the mat for it by Carl Hulse in the New York Times. The House vote to raise the debt limit and stifle the budget wars was...

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