Author: BooMan

Harry Reid Says He Will Change the Rules

I’ve been wondering whether or not Harry Reid has enough votes in his own caucus to change the rules of the Senate next year. It sure sounds like he believes that he does. He says he is going to change the rules and that...

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Regulate Yourself

I have no desire to beat up on Dennis Kucinich or Cynthia McKinney. I’ll simply note that both of them espoused some ideas that were outside the mainstream of progressive thought and that you’d be hard-pressed to...

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This Isn’t a Draw

I think this Yuval Levin piece is pretty insightful. I don’t agree with him about the unaffordability of the Democrats’ social welfare state and I am fully cognizant that ObamaCare actually improves our balance sheet...

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Casual Observation

I think Roger Ailes has it all wrong. He shouldn’t ban Karl Rove and Dick Morris from Fox News. He should make their attendance mandatory and require them to sit in the corner with dunce caps on at all times. Occasionally,...

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Can’t Win the Game, Change the Rules

Frankly, I expect the Republicans to do away with winner-take-all Electoral College elections in any blue states where they have the power to do it. Pennsylvania is one of those places. While it diminishes a state’s clout...

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