Author: BooMan

Who is Paying Karin McQuillan?

This is one of the most egregiously awful things I have read in a long time. It would have never occurred to me that Karin McQuillan is a Jewish name so I at first thought I’d discovered a rare Irish Catholic with truly...

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Serious Questions

I need a nap. But I also would like to know how much violence against women Mitt Romney and the Republicans are willing to tolerate. Also, how much violence against gays and undocumented workers do Romney and the Republicans...

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Is Sarkozy About to Fall?

I don’t know what an electoral loss for Nicolas Sarkozy for will mean (although European Tribune has a good discussion). I’ll just be glad to see him go. The likely winner, Socialist candidate François Hollande, may...

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What this Election Will Be About

We’ve spent a lot of time trying to unearth “the real Mitt Romney.” What does he stand for? What positions are merely for convenience and what positions are non-negotiable? Will he govern more like a...

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Wanker of the Day: Jim Webb

There are a lot of things I like about Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia but I’m not going to miss him. He says too many stupid things. I can understand what he means when he argues that Obama took too passive of a role in the...

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