Author: BooMan

Edwards’s Defense is a Joke

I’m not a lawyer but this is ridiculous: Mr. Edwards’s decision to mount what his lawyer called “a vigorous defense” sets the stage for a future trial, with the already protracted case — Mr. Edwards first publicly...

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Palin on Paul Revere’s Ride

What do you know about Paul Revere’s midnight ride? If you are like me, you only have a vague understanding of the history that is overly colored by Henry Wadswoth Longfellow’s poem Paul Revere’s Ride. But...

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For Once, Boehner is Right

As you probably know, I wrote more than a dozen pieces advising the president not to involve U.S. troops in Libya’s civil war. What you probably don’t know is that I am in favor of a strict interpretation of the War...

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The Lord of the Underworld Worm

Okay, they named a newly discovered worm ‘Halicephalobus mephisto’? That is too cool. And why shouldn’t the Lord of the Underworld come in worm-form? Are worms not the symbol of death? What am I talking about,...

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Who Saved Michigan, Who Wanted it to Fail?

Today, in a speech officially announcing his candidacy for president that the cable networks couldn’t be bothered to cover in full, Mitt Romney declared that our country is inches away from no longer being a free-market...

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