Author: BooMan

GOP’s Irrational Exuberance

There is no doubt that the Republican Party, writ large, is incredibly high on their own supply of bullshit, which leads them to be much too overconfident about their electoral prospects in November. They could do very well in...

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Region of Funhouse Mirrors

Trying to figure out who killed “Hezbollah’s master technician and logistics expert,” Hassane Laqees, is an exercise in understanding the complexity of the Middle East. The most obvious culprit would be Israel,...

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Trying to Be Reasonable

I am willing to give Michael Gerson and Pete Wehner points for trying, but there actually is no point to trying to talk sensibly to the conservative base. Quoting James Madison and Aristotle (that heathen!) isn’t going to...

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Trying to Be Reasonable

I am willing to give Michael Gerson and Pete Wehner points for trying, but there actually is no point to trying to talk sensibly to the conservative base. Quoting James Madison and Aristotle (that heathen!) isn’t going to...

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