Author: BooMan

I guess Afghanistan has even weaker opposition parties than the United States.

Ron Brownstein has some interesting statistics that bear on what is happening to the Republican Party. The emphasis is mine. In the Senate, for instance, Democrats hold 22 of the 58 seats representing the 29 states that twice...

I find Paul Rosenberg’s efforts at intellectualism fascinating in the same way that I find car accidents fascinating. You have to slow down and look carefully to see just how all the damage was created. His post today is...

When Samuel Alito was confirmed, only four Democrats voted for him (Tim Johnson of South Dakota, Kent Conrad of North Dakota, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, and Robert Byrd of West Virginia). However, the real vote was to invoke...

According to Paul Kane, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has the inside path to be the Ranking Member on the Senate Judiciary Committee that will oversee David Souter’s replacement on the Supreme Court. In an odd twist the man...