Author: BooMan

What was more impressive weekend reading? Ryan Lizza’s piece in the New Yorker, Peter Wallsten’s piece in the Washington Post, or the David Maraniss book excerpt on Obama’s love of basketball? That’s a...

There’s too much sincerity in Steve Almond’s piece for it to qualify as effective snark. Of all the problems facing our country, one of least consequential is that there is a breed of liberals that likes to watch and...

Not that they deserve it, but Sally Quinn and Ben Bradlee are so desperate to throw a party for the Obamas that maybe Barack and Michelle should relent and go along. Let me tell you how bad it is. Here’s Sally Quinn...

As if the Citizens United ruling were not malevolent enough, the House Republicans are seeking to make it worse. According to the Supreme Court in Citizens United, corporate spending does not distort the political process, give...

I am no expert on comedy and I’m certainly not a historian of comedy. My experience with Don Rickles is that he made me laugh when I was less than ten years old by telling off-color jokes about people’s race and...