Author: BooMan

Shunning Kristol

I’ve gained some respect for Al Gore since he ‘lost’ the election of 2000. But I volunteered for Bill Bradley for a simple reason. In addition to sharing my roots in Princeton, in New Jersey, and as a Knick...

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When Wall Street Tires of Wingnuttery

There is nothing quite like watching the Wall Street Journal editorial page tell the anti-choice base of the Republican Party to shut the fuck up. As for the politics of 2008, the last thing the GOP needs is another intramural...

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What I Like About Harry Reid

I don’t see eye to eye on every issue with Majority Leader Harry Reid. But, contra David Broder, there is something about him I really like. It comes through in little things that he says, and how he says them. Take this...

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Wise Bush Avoids Impeachment

Tod Lindberg has a humorous column up in the Weekly Standard today, where he explains why George W. Bush is a brilliant man for refusing to fire Alberto Gonzales. Here is the gist of it. Richard Nixon screwed himself; Bush did...

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