Author: BooMan

A Few People Should Apologize

I don’t think it’s a criticism of prior presidents to point out that Barack Obama can now confidently claim to have done more than any of them to advance freedom and equality for the LGBT community. President Clinton...

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Wanker of the Day: Michael Shear

Michael Shear of the New York Times is very enthusiastic about the Gang of Six budget proposal. He’s really pumped up, despite the fact that his piece on the proposal does briefly acknowledge reality: The nine-page...

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Your Moment of Kabuki

The president has endorsed the Gang of Six plan. I would be pretty pissed off if he actually signed anything like that into law. But, I don’t have to worry about that right now because Reid and Durbin immediately signaled...

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Romney Begins His Long Decline

One of the simplest things to predict about the Republican nomination process was that Mitt Romney would eventually be faceplanted on his decision to create a health insurance mandate while he was the governor of Massachusetts....

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A Pie for Murdoch

Some idiot tried to throw a plate of shaving cream in the face of Rupert Murdoch while he was testifying before a committee of the UK Parliament. Murdoch’s wife leapt to his defense and I believe she actually managed to...

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