Author: BooMan

Casual Observation

I am so tired of conservatives advising us not to emulate Europe. Yeah, maybe we do some things in a smarter way, but anyone who’s traveled to Europe has been impressed by countless ways in which the Europeans do things...

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Unlearning Bad Habits

Before the advent of the shot-clock in college basketball, it was possible to use the Four-Corners Offense to run out the clock when your team had the lead. Essentially, the point guard would bring the ball up the middle and the...

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Casual Observation

The Americans and Pakistanis have captured the Taliban’s top military commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. More proof that Dick Cheney’s right and Obama is soft on terrorism.

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Ruthless Conciliation

NLinStPaul has a good diary at Daily Kos that examines Obama’s approach to politics and how it can be ruthlessly effective. I think she makes many fine points, some of which I’ve been making for two years now....

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