Author: BooMan

What Marcy said. What are you doing this summer?

People think of New York City as a Democratic juggernaut, despite the fact that the city hasn’t had a Democratic mayor since 1993, Bill Clinton’s first year in office. It’s true that the Democrats control all...

Michael Shear and Shailagh Murray in the Washington Post report: Six months into his presidency, Barack Obama may have no greater test of his ability to translate personal popularity into a successful legislative agenda than the...

On April 20, 2010, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will turn ninety-years old. He may be the next Justice to retire. Below is a list indicating what year each of the other current Justices would retire if they chose to...

Ooh, look, actual reporting from the Washington Post. How refreshing. In April 2002, as the terrorism suspect known as Abu Zubaida lay in a Bangkok hospital bed, top U.S. counterterrorism officials gathered at CIA headquarters...