Author: BooMan

They Hate the Establishment

You may have heard that the GOP in Utah is having their convention tomorrow and they will be voting on who to put on the ballot to represent them in this November’s U.S. Senate race. Normally, that would be the incumbent,...

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Tech Support

I just had lunch with and interviewed Manan Trivedi, who is a candidate for Congress from the 6th district of Pennsylvania. I bought a new recorder to bring me into the digital age, and it worked great. However, it saves in WMA,...

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Banking Industry Pull With Democrats

The Brown-Kaufman amendment to the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 was a bit of a blunt instrument. It created caps so no individual bank could hold more than 10% of the country’s insured deposits nor...

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Serious Question

Is it a dog whistle if humans can hear it too? “It’s important that Republicans talk about the importance of addressing illegal immigration,” DeMint tells [National Review Online]. “This is a long-term problem that impacts our...

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Casual Observation

I don’t agree with the chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party that Arlen Specter can beat Pat Toomey and Joe Sestak cannot. Toomey is no juggernaut. He’s a far right loon. Specter is by far a better politician...

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