Author: BooMan

The more I watch the Senate, the more I realize that I just don’t like many senators. I’m going to start ranking them by how much I like them and see if I can get to ten before I run out of people that I like at all....

I don’t really care that Squeaky Fromme is being paroled, but I sure wouldn’t fell comfortable about having her for a neighbor. Something about the Manson Family is just incredibly creepy. I hope she moves in next to...

The vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor is happening now. CSPAN predicts a vote of 69-31. That means, I think, that only nine Republicans are voting for her. That’s less than I predicted. Update [2009-8-6 15:15:32 by BooMan]:...

On April 8th, 1913 the 17th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, providing for the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people. But it also allowed for the governor of each state to appoint an interim senator when...

Today is not only the birthday of Lucille Ball, Alfred Tennyson, and Andy Warhol, it’s the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. What else has happened on this day? In 1787, the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia...