Author: BooMan

Rep. Charlie Melancon (D) is challenging Diaper Dave Vitter’s Louisiana senate seat in the 2010 election. The Senate Guru has seven reasons why progressives should support his efforts, even though Mr. Melancon is a very...

George Stephanopoulos asks five questions about health care. 1 – What is “death with dignity” for the public option? Is it better for the president to sacrifice it himself? Or convince Democratic leaders behind closed doors to...

I get frustrated with the frequency with which people write about the treatment of detainees without getting their facts straight. But let me just make a little aside here. I am not one of the people that utilized the argument...

Because our national media (including many of the few progressive commentators) are basically retarded and can’t read a poll the narrative in Washington now goes like this: Senate Republican Conference Chairman Lamar...

It’s a shocking thing that a good public option from a budgetary point of view will mean a more progressive bill that trims more profits from the private insurance corporations. But the so-called ‘moderate’...