Author: BooMan

If Kent Conrad supports the Deficit Commission’s recommendations does that make those recommendations ‘bipartisan’? I don’t think it does. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that that commission...

I am not sure why James Rubin is using the WikiLeaks controversy to attack the ‘hard left.’ It seems like a distraction from the main points of his essay, which I happen to wholeheartedly agree with. Even if we place...

Greg Sargent says that the Pentagon review of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy “will leave GOP moderates with no reasons left to oppose repeal.” Okay, let’s assume that the there actually are some...

From the president’s press statement after meeting with congressional leaders (via email): Now, none of this is going to be easy. We have two parties for a reason. There are real philosophical differences -– deeply held...

Americans rarely save enough money for retirement, but you know who tries really hard? The unemployed. That’s right. Unemployed people try to save as much of their unemployment checks as possible. People making $200,000 a...