Author: BooMan

I don’t care about Joe the would-be Plumber. I’m sad that he is probably going to lose his job because he doesn’t have a license to plumb. Based on his ideas about Social Security, I think Joe the Plumber is a...

Last December, as part of my Open Seat Initiative, I interviewed Martin Heinrich, who is a very attractive candidate in New Mexico’s First District. It was a long interview that covered many issues. In fact, I didn’t...

Brazil has some serious problems with their police forces and criminal gangs. I mean, sheesh, the police are tear-gassing each other.

It’s funny. There’s a 13 year-old boy I live with who stayed home sick one day this week. Most of the television stations are locked, so cable news was one of his few viewing options. He can’t avoid a lot of...

Look, John McCain isn’t an epic failure just because I say so. He’s an epic failure by objective standards. How can you possibly lose a debate worse than this? In politics it is generally not considered a good sign...