Author: BooMan

Pity the cherry blossoms. As congressional negotiators pushed last-ditch efforts to agree on a 2011 federal budget and avoid a federal closedown, the National Cherry Blossom Festival announced that its annual gala parade,...

I don’t watch his show and I have only heard him on the radio on a couple of cross-country drives, but I am relieved that Glenn Beck is losing his platform on Fox News. As George Zornick at Think Progress says: Yesterday...

Michele Bachmann explains why she is qualified to be president: “I have a very broad, extensive background. I’m a student of many years. I’ve studied a number of, a wide berth of topics. I sit currently on the...

Steve Benen has a warning: Those in the media who are gushing over [Ryan’s budget] plan as if it has something to do with fiscal responsibility aren’t just wrong, they’re missing the point on a fundamental...

The Republicans want to repeal the health care bill the Democrats passed last year. They want to repeal Medicare and Medicaid. They want to make it next to impossible for poor people to get contraceptives. They want to stop all...