Author: BooMan

I think Zaid Jilani is a little confused. While the details of the arrest and trial of Jesus are a matter of hot dispute, even within the differing accounts in the New Testament, it’s pretty clear that he wasn’t...

In the years just before the internet, I had an ongoing argument with a friend of mine over whether a lion or a bear would win in a fight. I thought the lion had certain advantages. My friend thought that the bear would kill the...

Colin Woodard’s big piece in next month’s Washington Monthly is an interesting read. I’m not too enamored with these efforts to explain everything by reference to regionalism, but the article is...

It seems like no one can quite believe that the Republicans will nominate Mitt Romney, but no one can picture anyone else getting the nomination, either. I know that’s how I feel. There is really only one area where Romney...

Even though Ann Althouse is an idiot, she inadvertently does a great job of demonstrating why David Gregory is not a tough interviewer. And, she’s right, Herman Cain had no difficulty sailing through his interview on Meet...