Author: BooMan

Okay, so Vermont is the least religious state in the country and Mississippi is the most religious state. We probably didn’t need polling to tell us this. So, how is that working out for the people of those two...

Far be it from me to make enemies with influential award-winning journalists, but I’d like to rip Tom Junod’s head off and use it as a croquet ball. Nothing makes a worse pairing with pretentiousness than...

Speaking for me only (but not really), it’s not a good idea for Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to telegraph his intention to drop a potential presidential bid if Hillary Clinton should choose to run. The reason...

Not only is there no obvious replacement for the retiring Henry Waxman, but the up-and-coming generation of Democratic leadership in the House is pretty uninspiring. I hope to be pleasantly surprised. I’m hoping that...

Let’s look at Robert Samuelson’s argument in the Washington Post: For starters, the poor are not poor because the rich are rich. The two conditions are generally unrelated. Mostly, the rich got rich by running...