Author: BooMan

I like the Winter Olympics a lot better than the Summer Olympics. I actually watch the Winter Olympics. I was very sad to see the Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili die during his training run today. Now I will be very nervous...

Saying that you are going to cut taxes for 95% of Americans is a good strategy on the campaign trail. Actually doing it? Not so much (.pdf). People are stupid.

The weekly Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll is out and it continues a disturbing trend. While the poll shows Obama with strong favorability numbers, the Democratic Party as much less unpopular than the Republican Party, and Reid and...

Flags, not crosses: “If you take 1,000 so-called tea partiers and ask them what this movement is, you’ll get 1,000 different interpretations,” Mark Williams, a talk-radio host and chairman of the Tea Party,...

The White House new media team is very helpful. They send me a steady supply of press releases in addition to inviting me on both regular media conference calls and those reserved specifically for bloggers. They’re very...