Author: BooMan

I can’t think of a plausible scenario where North Carolina would decide the presidential election. But it sure would be nice to win it again. Recent polls there have been mixed. Public Policy Polling had Obama up by one...

Kathleen Parker needs an education about race and religion. She uses her column today to argue that the president’s past association with Reverend Jeremiah Wright is a legitimate issue because it “shine(s) a light on...

Clive Crook wanks: As always Bill Galston and John Cassidy are well worth reading. In interesting new commentaries on the election, both think Obama has the edge, while emphasizing that it might be a close thing and warning...

I don’t have independent confirmation of these numbers, but I trust Jon Chait to get them right: The white share of the electorate has been falling steadily for two decades, from 87 percent in 1992 to 83 percent in 1996 to...

I’m not much of a gamer. I play a little video soccer. I own Madden football but I don’t play it. I basically think video games are a gargantuan time-sink that are ruining the health of a whole generation of...