Author: BooMan

Kia Gregory and the Black AIDS Epidemic

Philadelphia has two free weekly magazines that come out every Thursday. One is the City Paper and the other is the Philadelphia Weekly. They’re both unabashedly liberal and they are both excellent. PW has the advantage of...

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Latest Senate News

In Pennsylvania. For undecided voters, the weeks before an election can be an emotional roller coaster. This notion is already proving true for the upcoming midterm elections in November. One of the most anticipated races...

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Bin Laden: Why Bother?

Via James Wolcott, I can’t say it any better than this: “What has changed, grotesquely, is the aftershock,” Simon Jenkins writes in The Guardian, delivering a splash of cold reality. “Terrorism is 10%...

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What the House Would Look Like

If we win the House all the committee chairs will switch. You might notice a few things about the Republican House chairs. No women. No blacks. No hispanics. No (out-of-the-closet) gays. That will change if the Dems take charge....

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