Author: BooMan

An Uncomfortable Question

I was interested to see that Ed Koch did a sudden about-face recently and endorsed President Obama’s reelection. It was a rather dramatic transformation, as Koch had just led the charge to beat the Democrat running to...

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I Agree With a Nutty Pastor

i’m a little startled to realize that I agree with Pastor Jeffries’ editorial in the Washington Post. He’s right that the Constitution bans any religious test for people holding public office, but it does not...

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Don’t Listen to Doug Schoen

You probably know who Mark Penn is, but you may not know his business partner Doug Schoen. Together, they run a consulting firm called Penn Schoen Berland that specializes in helping corporations hone their communications...

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Wanker of the Day: Richard Cohen

When it comes to matters of intelligence, I do trust the Obama administration considerably more than I trusted the Bush administration, but that doesn’t mean I am going to believe any thing that they say. Their story about...

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