Author: BooMan

I’m going to quote Steve Benen at length because you need the whole context of his remarks to understand what we’re seeing in the Republican nominating contest. We’re not seeing a real competition, but...

So, it costs 32 times as much to house an inmate at Guantanamo Bay ($800,000/year) than it does to house them in a federal prison ($25,000). So, why don’t we double Guantanamo like Mitt Romney once suggested? Or, more...

Whether its political expediency or sincere environmental concern, or a little bit of both, the Obama administration has delayed any final decision on the Keystone XL extension past the election. You can score this as a win for...

Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Federal District Court in Manhattan is my new hero. He’s overseeing a proposed settlement between Citigroup and the SEC over Citigroup’s practice of selling crap mortgage derivatives...

Personally, I don’t think Rick Perry’s gaffe in last night’s debate was as major as people are making it out to be. Anyone can draw a blank under the spotlight. What he and others actually remembered to say was...