Author: BooMan

Mitt Romney doesn’t like getting blamed for the quick death of this man’s wife. It’s a tough ad. Bain Capital took this couple’s health insurance away in 2001, so this falls into that category of events...

The sins of Richard Cohen have been well-documented. I don’t think I need to recount them all here. All that is important is that you realize that Cohen is one of the rare ‘liberals’ who applauded when Poppy...

If 2012 is going to be a wave election (either way) we will begin to get some signs of it before too much longer. Both sides still have very large arrows in their respective quivers, so we can’t assume that small signs...

Jay Rosen’s latest piece has my broad sympathy. I have made the same observations many times. In particular, I think Rosen has set up a useful dichotomy (as opposed to the dichotomies routinely employed by David Brooks)....

If any of your friends or family think the Republicans’ obstinate and irrational ways are not screwing up the economy, they should consider this. Morgan Stanley surveyed businesses in July and found that 40% of them are...