Author: BooMan

I’m not complaining but having the Democrats in the majority is ‘hard work’. Now it’s all about understanding congressional procedure, which can be arcane and, frankly, boring. I don’t remember...

The Hill reports on a travesty originating in the House Intelligence Committee. Five Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee were on the losing end of a vote last month to make public a declassified report on jailed Rep....

I never knew what to make of the composite character Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. As best as I could tell, he either didn’t really exist or he was 9/10’s hype. “We were basically paying up to $10,000 a time to...

Mercenaries should leave Iraq, too. The Los Angeles Times reported this month that Iraq has more private contractors than U.S. troops. More than 180,000 individuals are working under Department of Defense and State Department...

This is the kind of thing that is going to lead to 60+ Democratic senators after the 2008 elections. President Bush yesterday rejected entreaties by his Republican allies that he compromise with Democrats on legislation to renew...