Author: BooMan

We seem to have lost the iconoclastic instinct in the Western World, which I count as a good thing. If we want to make depictions of God, we damn well do it. He doesn’t have to compete with other gods for attention, so who...

CNN reports that Immigration Reform will bump Climate Change off this year’s agenda. Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman dispute this and say Reid has given them assurances that their Climate Change legislation will get a vote...

Steve Benen: Long-time readers may recall a discussion we had back in December, about the quality of the debate over health care reform. It was obvious at the time that the meaningful, interesting disputes weren’t between...

I am starting to get pretty pessimistic about the midterm elections. I think Bob Menendez has done a dreadful job of recruitment. I give him credit for getting (a candidate I can’t support) Charlie Melancon to run for...

After laying out his simplistic center-right philosophy, David Brooks diagnoses why his form of moderation didn’t prevail in Washington: …I confess that about 16 months ago I had some hope of a revival. The culture...