Author: BooMan

I haven’t heard people talk about it lately, but back when The Sopranos was a hit show on HBO, a lot of Italian-Americans spoke up about what they considered to be negative stereotyping. It was even an issue that was dealt...

Kudos to Eric Lipton of the New York Times for reporting on the scam that is the House Financial Services Committee. I remember Barney Frank’s incessant complaining about how large the committee had grown when he was...

We are drone-blasting the ever-loving shit out of Yemen. I hope it works, because the alternative is that it doesn’t work, and a bunch of innocent Americans become the victims of a very dubious policy. I don’t know...

As you may know, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been having an ongoing feud with Kentucky Senator Rand Paul over whether or not libertarianism is consistent with keeping the country safe from 9/11-type attacks. But Gov....

I want to be cautious about overselling the upside potential of a Clinton candidacy, both because with the Clintons there is always something that undermines their promise and because I am not excited about a restoration. But...