Author: BooMan

I know it seems impossible but I think when Congress is in recess our national discourse gets even more stupid (stupider?).

Looking back on Obama’s first year in office, I think it is pretty clear that his biggest defeat has not been related to policy. His biggest disappointment has been his failure to change the tone in Washington. As Mark...

Ezra Klein is right. The Senate is broken and we have to deal with it. I particularly liked this metaphor. Law professor Lawrence Lessig often compares the dysfunctions of the Congress to the woes of an alcoholic. An alcoholic,...

What percentage of the population do you think understands what non-pejorative means?

Apparently there was an attempt to blow up a passenger jet on Christmas and the right-wing is very exercised about it. I’m guessing that this means we are supposed to invade and occupy some country in Asia that we have not...