Author: BooMan

As far back as April I said that immigration reform could not pass this year and that the president would be crazy to try. I was critical of Harry Reid for ‘jerking around’ the Latino community by suggesting that...

I think Bill Scher is spot-on in everything he has to say about the Tea Party and its historic and contemporary place in American politics. But there is one very important thing that he misses. He’s completely correct in...

I was pulling for the Netherlands but I’m just glad the thing wasn’t settled by penalty kicks. The winner was scored in the 116th minute by Andrés Iniesta of FC Barcelona. The ref gave out 14 yellow cards and one red...

If you have the stamina, you should read Eric Alterman’s long opus on the state of progressive politics in this county. It’s actually about the state of all politics in this country, but it seeks to explain why...

What begins as a manifesto, ends with a fizzle. Bill Kristol thinks we’ve reached a moment of ‘re-founding.’ As in, it is time for the country to do-over the basic governmental framework established by the...