Author: BooMan

What books would you want for Christmas? What books are you thinking of buying for someone else for Christmas? You can buy them from Powell’s in the sidebar. Unlike Amazon, Powell’s doesn’t give money to...

Steve Benen gives us something to think about: Put it this way: imagine there’s a big meeting with every member of the Democratic caucus in both chambers. You stand at the front of the room and make a presentation:...

My first indication that our country was not responding well to the 9/11 attacks came when Bill Maher was fired from ABC for questioning whether ‘cowards’ was an apt description for people who willingly fly jet...

…because we never do anything wrong: Military commanders are expected to tell the inquiry into the Iraq war, which opens on Tuesday, that the invasion was ill-conceived and that preparations were sabotaged by Tony...

I have some sad news to report. Longtime Frog Ponder, billjpa, died unexpectedly on Thursday. His daughter dropped me an email to let me know and to tell me how much Bill had enjoyed the site. I always enjoyed Bill’s...