Author: BooMan

In light of Pat Buchanan’s remarks on tonight’s Rachel Maddow Show, I want to say a few things about affirmative action and Ivy League schools. My information is a little dated because it’s been over twenty...

The Hill has an article about how the Blue Dogs are really upset about having to vote on a health care bill so soon after having to vote for the American Clean Energy and Security Act. For example, we get to read complaints like...

The Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, announced today that there will be no filibuster of Sonia Sotomayor. Of course, demanding a vote on cloture (which is what a filibuster really is)...

Our government has no monopoly on stupid: In a stunningly misguided program implemented by the British government, all children’s book authors who visit schools must register with a national database intended to protect...

Earlier this afternoon, Senator Tom Coburn said during his questioning of Sonia Sotomayor that he didn’t know whether or not she had read the Federalist Papers. Republicans have been making insensitive remarks throughout...