Author: BooMan

Anyone who’s gone to a Netroots Nation conference knows what goes on there. They know that there are serious and wonky panels, as well as light-hearted and humorous ones. The best panel I ever attended was hosted by David...

Trying to decide whether Russ Feingold or Steve Benen is right about Super PACs is giving me a headache. Ex-Sen. Russ Feingold on Thursday night sharply criticized Democrats for forming “super” political action committees that...

I’m not sure what to feel about this. Would I feel even worse if we’d gone into Iraq and not gotten the lion’s share of the oil subcontracting business? All I know for sure is that we ought not to elect any...

For the second straight year, I declined to attend the Netroots Nation conference. I’ve always enjoyed the conferences, but I don’t belong there anymore, and this is why. Let me start with the DREAM Act. If...

Common wisdom says that a sitting president can only blame his predecessor for the state of the union for a brief period of time. After a year or two at the helm, a president has to take ownership of the condition of the...