Author: BooMan

In the first nice, decent thing the Republicans have done in living memory, they passed the Food Safety Bill even though they could have used an administrative error to kill it. All spending bills must originate in the House. We...

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has been repealed, so what happens now? Well, here’s one prediction: Character-driven officers and chaplains will eventually be forced out of the military en masse, potential recruits will...

I spent today with the family (parents, brothers, wives, and kids) having our Christmas celebration, and I am pleased to see that we’ve finally repealed the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. (This is the roll call...

So the ISI decided to blow the cover of our CIA Station Chief in Islamabad, causing his recall from Pakistan. The two obvious motivators for this? Obama’s speech was followed Friday with fresh evidence that the United...

On and off today I watched the Senate debate on the New START Treaty, and I have to admit that I found the whole spectacle deeply depressing. I wasn’t encouraged through monitoring Twitter, my email lists, and the...