Author: BooMan

Maybe one of you could help explain why the overuse of antibiotics is related to the theory of evolution. Rep. Jack Kingston of Georgia is clueless as the why anyone would make such a connection.

There are two things to note about the Republicans’ assignments for the Senate Appropriations Committee. It should be noted, first, that the Tea Party’s opposition to earmarking made it an enemy of most Republican...

I wonder how different things might have been if back in 1979 the Washington Post had run editorials calling for the U.S. to break ties with the Shah of Iran. Would we have been condemned to thirty-two years of implacable...

Obama issued a responsible statement on Egypt. Except, he kind of lit a match by pledging support for the effort to democratize, and for people’s right to assemble and protest. If we’re going to get on the right side...

You know that phrase, “except in cases of rape, incest, and the life of the mother”? Well, if the House Republicans get their way, you are going to have to change that to “except in cases of forcible rape,...