Author: BooMan

Abstinence-Only Idiots

If you thought Derek the Abstinence Clown was a waste of taxpayer’s dollars, wait ’til you see this shit. I hope Obama has the partisan common sense to zero out all abstinence-only education funding in next...

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DCCC Strategy

Whether they have an accurate perception of risk or not, moderate Republicans claim to be more frightened by the prospect of primary challengers than defeat at the hands of a Democrat. That perception is probably a function of...

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Open Thread

I normally get annoyed at these kinds of columns that seek to equate criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism. But Howard Jacobson’s piece is worth reading for a couple of reasons. First, it’s instructive to see how...

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Bad Economic News

I almost don’t want to read economic news at this point. It’s like a litany of disaster. I am naturally interested in seeing good decisions lead us out of this mess without it getting significantly worse. But what I...

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