Author: BooMan

I’ve been busy celebrating my son’s third birthday this afternoon, so I have had to do a bit of reverse engineering to try to ascertain how things unfolded during the day. As I understand it, the House caucus met...

I think today’s Krugman is Krugman at his very worst. A lot of progressives really do wait to see what he says before they make up their minds about whether something is good or bad, and he provides totally inadequate...

One hundred and fifty years ago, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. In retrospect, it seems to have been somewhat more important than whatever the Senate was doing last night. While you probably want...

You can sort out the fiscal cliff for yourself. I’m going out. Have a wonderful evening and a Happy New Year!!

John Boehner has parties to go to, my friends. This is New Year’s Eve, his most holy holiday. Eric Cantor just announced that the House isn’t waiting around to see whether or not the Senate can hash out a deal....