Author: BooMan

Mr. Brooks: Champion of Capitalism

David Brooks’ latest piece is quite offensive. It’s also grossly inaccurate. Let’s start with his opening paragraph: Let’s say you are president in a time of a sustained economic slowdown. You initiated a...

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Serious Question

Michele Bachmann aspires to be her own generation’s Joe McCarthy. But we don’t need to do six degrees of separation to prove that she’s insane. I wonder when her constituents will notice.

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Casual Observation

When I think Las Vegas, I think The Mob. Sheldon Adelson is just the latest in a long line of crooks who have bought off politicians to avoid prosecution. Never underestimate these folks. However, what has changed is that when...

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Circling the Bowl

In 2004, John Kerry released two years of tax returns. If you wanted to see more, it was pretty easy because Sen. Kerry had already released 18 years of tax returns during his time in the Senate. So, in total, voters had 20...

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Serious Question

Maybe I’m just a happy warrior, but politics seem fun again for the first time in about two years. Do you feel the same way?

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