Author: BooMan

It sounds like the Republican leadership treated their retreat like a giant therapeutic session for the Republican caucus. It’s surprising that it seems to have gone so well considering that they were basically telling...

Do you care who is in the Super Bowl? I’d prefer to see the Patriots and the Niners, although Baltimore is almost local here, and it might be cool to see Ray Lewis go out on top. The Atlanta Falcons have a nice team, but I...

David Brooks’ column today was actually epic. Jon Chait’s takedown was so masterful that it dissuaded me from trying to add anything even more devastating. Sometimes you just have to tip your hat. Still, I have to...

Girls or Shameless?

If this the best they can do, the Republicans ought to pick up their ball and go home. In agreeing to extend the debt ceiling for three months without any corresponding spending cuts, the GOP is finally acknowledging that the...