Author: BooMan

I saw this over at Kevin Drum’s place. I find it odd to realize that most men don’t observe something that is obvious to every woman I know: that there is a competitive male dynamic to groups that is completely...

Atrios: One thing about blogging during the campaign is that you end up pissing people off on all sides. There are those who, understandably, think it’s vitally important that Barack Obama be elected and so important that...

I like Tom Schaller and admire his work but I don’t understand why he submitted such a light piece of analytical work to the New York Times. Schaller argues that Obama has no chance to win in North Carolina, Georgia, or...

Barack Obama gave a speech today in Independence, Missouri. You can read the transcript here. It was another moving, excellent performance of the kind we’ve come to expect from Obama. Apparently, we now take it for granted...

If George W. Bush had merely aspired to be the national commissioner of Tee-Ball he might have been remembered as a great man.