Author: BooMan

Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

If you are looking for signs of demand in the economy, the Thanksgiving weekend provided some hope. Spurred by aggressive promotions from retailers, American consumers opened their wallets over the holiday weekend in a way they...

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How to End the Nonsense

The Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program provides unemployment benefits to eligible workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own. In other words, it gives money to be people who get laid-off. Their job...

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Not Much of a Denial from Camp Cain

Herman Cain denied having a 13-year extramarital affair but his attorney very conspicuously did not deny the charges. That leads me to believe that Herman Cain did in fact have an extended extramarital affair. I also had a red...

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Don’t Overthink This Election

You see lots of articles about demographics and presidential elections. You see lots of articles about what percentage of what demographic the president needs to win in order to get a second term. I find these articles...

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Presidents Do What the Senate Allows

A moderate third-party presidential candidate would be a terribly stupid idea and it seems almost beneath E.J. Dionne to waste his time responding to it. The point Dionne fails to make, however, is that President Obama is...

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