Author: BooMan

Steve Benen: Gallup reported yesterday, “Americans’ confidence in Congress as an institution is down to 10%, ranking the legislative body last on a list of 16 societal institutions for the fourth straight year. This...

David Brooks has written another one of his “people are broke because they don’t go to church” pieces. It used to be that washing dishes at the YMCA was an ennobling experience that would pay for your college...

If this seems prudent or sane to you, you are probably crazy. We all know better than to trust government estimates of the cost of military intervention, but let’s go with the $50 million/day to create a limited no-fly...

It’s highly amusing to watch Arizona Governor Jan Brewer crack the whip on her own party to compel them to expand Medicaid under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act. The Republicans control Arizona’s House of...

Bill Clinton is correct when he says that you can’t let opinion polls be your guide to foreign policy. But when he compares the situation in Syria to the situation he faced in Kosovo, he’s making one of the stupidest...