Author: BooMan

Casual Observation

You know, Kayne West didn’t say that President Bush was a racist. He said that President Bush didn’t care about black people. You don’t have to hate someone to not care about them. You don’t have to feel...

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The Fight for Equality Never Waits

One group I have not criticized for their disappointment, impatience, or stinging criticism is the LGBT community. Some may be confused about their logic, but I think Martin Luther King Jr. put it best: Frankly, I have yet to...

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Understanding What You Read

What’s good for the nation is bad for The Nation. No weekly magazine tracked by the Media Industry Newsletter has lost more pages of advertising this year than The Nation. As of Nov. 8, ad pages were down 30 percent...

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The New Congress

The CQ/Roll Call Guide to the Next Congress (pdf) is out, and it makes for depressing reading. We’ve really elected a group of ideological misfits. It’s a group of rodeo announcers, hog farmers, nursing home owners,...

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New Post

The CQ/Roll Call Guide to the Next Congress is out, and it makes for depressing reading. We’ve really elected a group of ideological misfits. It’s a group of rodeo announcers, hog farmers, nursing home owners, car...

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