BooMan, Author at Progress Pond

Making National Parks Safe for White Settlers

Posted by BooMan | Sep 16, 2025 | Front, White House |

Why does the right feel like if their kids learn what the original white settlers did to African slaves and Native peoples, they’ll develop some kind of self-hatred?

Progress Pondcast Episode 27: The Meaning of Charlie Kirk’s Murder

Posted by BooMan | Sep 15, 2025 | Front, Media |

Brendan and I talk about a rules changes in the U.S. Senate and the meaning of and reaction to Charlie Kirk’s violent death.

I’ll Give Ezra Klein a Break

Posted by BooMan | Sep 11, 2025 | Front, Media |

The New York Times columnist is being justly pilloried for saying that Kirk “was practicing politics in exactly the right way,” but his overall point was sound.