Author: BooMan

They Were Nazis, Walter?

The 20th-Century saw two major forms of totalitarianism: communism and fascism. Communism represented the far left and fascism represented the far right. The American left and the American right can sometimes resemble in a faint...

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Political Ineptness

Even though the Republicans’ response to Obama’s auto plan is all over the map, they agree that the firing of General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner is a travesty. Republicans did agree on one thing — they were...

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Republican Crocodile Tears

When Republicans say things like this, I wonder if they mean it and if they understand the implications of what they’re saying. Michigan Rep. Candice Miller (R) said the president’s latest steps meant he now essentially...

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Tears for Wagoner

Yash Gupta, the dean of the The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, is crying himself a river over the ouster of General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner. Need I remind you that General Motors has lost more than $80 billion over the...

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Open Thread

One indication of how badly Bush screwed things up is that things keep happening that are so bad that I never imagined they were possibilities.

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