Author: BooMan

The Ticking Time-Bomb

Let’s say for the sake of argument that sometime in July 2001, the CIA had intercepted a communication that informed them that there were sleeper cells in the United States planning to hijack airplanes and fly them into...

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Obama’s First Judge is a Moderate

I can’t say that I am pleased to learn that Obama’s first nomination to a Federal Appeals court is a former lawyer for Evan Bayh and the nephew of Lee Hamilton, but I have to acknowledge that he’s made some...

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Grassley: Seppuku for Me or Thee?

How do you like this play? The lady doth protest too much, methinks. Sen. Charles Grassley is so angry over AIG bonuses that he says the executives should resign or kill themselves. In a comment aired this afternoon on WMT, an...

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Weak Populism

I feel so sorry for all these Goldman Sachs employees that spent all their bonus money and now need to take out loans in order to meet their contractual obligations to invest millions in Goldman’s elite investment funds....

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People Who Have Issues II

You’ve probably heard the saying, “Fasten your seat belts, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride.” You might have heard, “You better get ready and fasten your chinstraps,” which is a football reference....

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