Author: BooMan

Odds & Ends

I’m having trouble finding anything that I want to write about today. I like Cedwyn’s piece over at the Great Orange Satan. Of course, she’s talking about Nate’s piece on Obama’s DW-Nominate score....

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They Broke It, Let Them Fix It

We are afraid to raise revenue by taxing people, so we have a gigantic debt. Kudos to Lori Montgomery of the Washington Post for pointing it out. Her paper is generally unhelpful in informing people about such basic facts. Bush...

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The System, Not the President, Is Broken

David Roberts has everything right. He has everything right except for his understanding of Obama’s strategy and his explanation for how American politics work. We do, indeed, live in a post-truth environment. It’s...

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Gaddafi Has Nine Lives

It looks like NATO bombed a house where Moammar Gaddafi was staying and killed his youngest son and three of his grandchildren, but did not harm to Gaddafi or his wife. If so, then this is another example of Gaddafi inexplicably...

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RIP Ben Masel

There are some people, not a lot, who make you feel much better just knowing that they are in the world doing their thing. These are mainly the quirky people who have no use for conventions and rules. Artists and activists and...

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