Author: BooMan

Jill Lawrence makes a nuanced, yet optimistic, assessment of the Senate: Since President Barack Obama’s inauguration in January 2009, the Senate has confirmed two Supreme Court nominees, revamped the student loan system...

The dog days of summer are here. The Senate is recessed until September 13th (may there be substantial recess appointments) and the House is out, too (although they’ll be trotting back to the Capitol tomorrow to vote on a...

We went to celebrate a relative’s sixty-fifth birthday and had a nice afternoon with good food and friendly games of backyard volleyball. But when we came home, one of our dogs had passed away in his crate. He was an...

MoDo: Andrea Tantaros, a Fox contributor and former Republican operative, wrote a harsh Daily News blog post calling the first lady a “material girl” for going on a glitzy vacation at a luxury resort in Marbella with a cavalcade...

Last year, during the August recess, there was an outbreak of unruly behavior at congressional town hall meetings. At the time, there was a lot of debate about how organic or synthetic the outbreak was. I think the matter is...