Author: BooMan

So Awesome

Do you want to know how you can tell that we have the best form of government evah? Well…to take but one of many examples from yesterday, the House of Representatives successfully passed a resolution that recognized and...

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Get Ready For Nothing to Happen

Hey, if you are really bored, like in-the-mood-to-watch-wallpaper-dry-bored, then you can watch the Senate this afternoon. Watch them fail to do anything. The Senate, meanwhile, is busy finishing up a judicial impeachment. After...

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What Now, Tea Partiers?

I am sure that the Tea Partiers are heartbroken to learn that the GOP’s first order of business was to cut a deal with the president to add $900 billion to the debt and then to select a hypocritical earmarking lover of...

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That Wasn’t Medieval

I like Kevin Drum, but this is ridiculous. Let me get one thing out of the way right at the outset. It may be difficult to precisely define ‘progressivism’, but it is not synonymous with the ‘purist...

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Some Thoughts on the Deal

First off, I want to send my condolences to the Edwards family on the occasion of the passing of Elizabeth at age sixty-one. That is far too young, and I know her children will sorely miss her presence in their lives. I’m...

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