Author: BooMan

Steve Benen makes a nice catch. He’s found proof-positive that the modern Republican Party is beyond redemption (at least, if you follow the criteria of former Republican senator and former U.S. Ambassador to the United...

Does it surprise anyone that Richard Cohen used his column today to blast public service unions? Probably the best part about his rant is his attempt to establish his union bona fides. I pause now to assert my bona fides. I got...

The loss of life is terrible, and the loss of stability is unsettling, and there are no assurances that the Arab World is headed for a better place, but there is a pretty good possibility that we will see a decrease in the...

Is blogging dead? Do you blog less than you used to? Are you spending the majority of your time using sites like Twitter and Facebook? I’ve tried to integrate social media with this site so I’m not stuck in 2005, but...

It’s hard to credit every report out of Libya, but if even half of what is being reported is true, it looks very much like Muammar al-Gaddafi is soon going to be either hanging from a lamp post or flying to some luxurious...