Author: BooMan

Writing about the internal religious politics of Iran puts me at the limit of my knowledge. I have a good and broad knowledge of the history of Shi’a Islam, but not so great of a handle on how the thirty years of Islamic...

William Jacobson is insane. I don’t hate Sarah Palin. I don’t have a problem with her son, Trig. I don’t see anything even remotely wrong with having a baby with Down Syndrome. I don’t think it’s...

Here’s an idea for the GOP. In the future, if you are thinking of nominating someone to run on a ticket for the presidency, make sure they’re not a goddamn moron.

Two things have happened recently to drive home the point that the Republican Party is in massive decline. The Democratic Caucus in the U.S. Senate reached sixty members and we saw three potential 2012 GOP presidential...

The New York Times reports that Iran is obtaining false confessions of treason by utilizing torture enhanced interrogation techniques on reformers they have in custody. The government has made it a practice to publicize...