Author: BooMan

It’s hard to get lower than concern trolling the literal accuracy of a eulogy. Maybe some ethics professor can chime in with a theory on the propriety of hyperbolic praise on the occasion of someone’s death. A few...

Surprisingly, the new senator from Hawai’i will be Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz. It’s a surprise because it was Sen. Daniel Inouye’s dying wish that his seat go to Rep. Colleen Hanabusa. I don’t know much about...

If their intent really is to appoint Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense and to see him confirmed, the administration is doing a great job of rounding up support from a bipartisan swath of the Establishment. I don’t like...

I’ve been thinking, and I anticipate that next year my writing will be a lot more focused on meta-issues. I’ve been really goal-oriented for such a long time that I have developed a lot of impatience with meta. But...

The petition to have Meet the Press host David Gregory arrested for illegal possession of a large capacity ammunition magazine within the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia is the first clever thing I’ve seen the...