Author: BooMan

On Tea Partiers

I missed this Tea Party profile piece in the New York Times until Frank Rich pointed me to it. It seems to me that most of these tea partiers are conservative-minded but not really Republicans. I suspect very few of them have...

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That’s Right, The Liberals Are Smarter

Liberals are smarter according to a recent study: The study found that young adults who said they were “very conservative” had an average adolescent IQ of 95, whereas those who said they were “very...

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Gateway Putz

Probably the saddest thing of all is living in your mother’s basement and feverishly blogging for Exxon/Mobil without even getting paid for it.

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What Does Palinism Sound Like?

Compare Sarah Palin’s rhetoric to segregationist Alabama governor George Wallace’s rhetoric. Palin: “Voters are sending a message.” Wallace: “Send them a message!” Palin: “The soul of...

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Is Andy McCarthy Making Sense?

I usually think Andy McCarthy is the dimmest bulb at the Weekly Standard, which is an accomplishment of sorts. But his little missive this morning is mostly accurate in the larger sense, even if it is wrong in many particulars....

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