Author: BooMan

I understand Steve Singiser’s many beefs with California’s top-two primary structure, and I might be convinced that the law ought to preclude the top two coming from the same party. But, overall, I think the problems...

Genetically modified crops are a very complicated issue that are difficult to discuss because the public is mostly clueless about how genetics work. I found myself whipsawed between concern about genetic modification and despair...

There wasn’t much news created during Jackie Calmes and Michael D. Shear’s interview with the president. But I did notice a few tea leaves related to the XL Keystone pipeline. NYT: A couple other quick subjects that...

Sixty years ago today, we signed the armistice that ended the Korean War. If it had gone on for another year, my father might have had to fight in it. And I might not be here. It took a few decades, but South Korea really came...

I am no fan of the Muslim Brotherhood, but I don’t understand why the Egyptian military feels it is necessary to open fire on protesters. The trumped up charges against deposed President Mohamed Morsi are transparently...