Author: BooMan

NC: Steal From the Poor, Play Jim Crow

I was never a fan of the Republican Party but it didn’t used to be like this. It has always been a party primarily concerned with rich people, but they did not used to be cruel. And they used to have some shame. The...

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Stand, Fight, Or Be Routed

According to Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan at Politico, the Republicans are going to campaign against two things: Obama and ObamaCare. According to Eric Cantor, they might talk about energy and education, too, but it’s...

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That Nashville Don’t Exist

I enjoyed Carrie Allen Tipton’s essay on ABC’s show Nashville. I haven’t seen the show. I didn’t even know it existed. I don’t think I have watched an episode of television on one of the networks in...

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The Sopranos Would Have Loved Sandy Aid

Longtime Newark Star-Ledger editorial editor Tom Moran has some observations about Gov. Chris Christie’s predicament: It is no surprise that these guys were nasty and petty enough to do something like this. They stripped...

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Serious Question

Am I to understand that Bill and Emma Keller decided to pick on a woman who has cancer just because she uses Twitter to talk about having cancer?

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