Author: BooMan

NFL Thread

Tonight the NFL season starts up again, so I am going to make my predictions. This way, we can all look back in January and make fun of me. NFC East Dallas Cowboys (12-4) New York Giants (11-5) Washington Redskins (7-9)...

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A Breakthrough

Finally, a grown-up: Retiring Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) said he plans to help push a package of small-business incentives through the Senate next week, a move that would give President Obama and congressional Democrats a...

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Some Strategy Advice on Taxes

The strategy should be very simple. If nothing happens in Congress, the Bush tax cuts will expire on the rich and the poor alike. Some kind of bill has to pass in order for us to avoid a tax hike on everyone who pays income...

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Today in Hate

You can’t call a closed-down Burlington Coat Factory building in lower Manhattan “the ruins of the World Trade Center.” If it was the ruins of the World Trade Center it would be ruined. It would have been...

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Chief of Staff Speculation

Washington is abuzz with speculation on who will replace Rahm Emanuel as White House chief of staff if he, as expected, departs to run for mayor of Chicago. Everyone has advice to offer, and most people have a favored candidate,...

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