Author: BooMan

Probably more than any other sitting U.S. Senator up for reelection next year, Harry Reid’s prospects cannot be judged by present polls. Reid will be judged by Nevadans’ interpretation of his job performance as...

I assume you remember when Newt Gingrich’s Republicans shut the government down in 1995. They thought they had some giant mandate from the people to gut the federal government and really stick it to the poor, but it turned...

Well, this paragraph reads a bit funny, doesn’t it? Just days after winning the presidency, Obama vowed that he would be “a fierce advocate for gay and lesbian Americans.” But nine months later, many in the...

With Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona blocking the extension of unemployment benefits, you have to wonder how the Republicans expect to sell the idea that there are populists who are looking out for the little guy. It...

I hear that the Phillies-Rockies game has been snowed-out. Football players don’t let a little snow dissuade them.