Author: BooMan

Casual Observation

Oh noes!! We can’t put juveniles in prison for life (without parole) anymore unless they actually kill someone. And only five Justices were decent enough to agree to the ban. Let’s see if you can guess which four...

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AR-Sen: A Preview

I hadn’t thought about it, but I guess it is not all that surprising that Arkansas has had only one Republican senator since Reconstruction. Of course, they haven’t had many Democratic senators who history will be...

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Dinner Guests

Ever play the dinner guest game? You pick five people from history to invite to dinner. For example, you could invite Martin Luther King Jr., Mohandes Ghandi, Jesus of Nazareth, Mohammed, and George W. Bush. Or you could invite...

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The Lay of the Land in Pennsylvania

On Saturday night I had dinner with some new friends in Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania. Clifton Heights is an overwhelmingly white working class community in the heart of Joe Sestak’s district (which is anchored in Delaware...

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