Author: BooMan

I finished my complimentary copy of Jason Leopold’s News Junkie a couple of days ago. Writing book reviews is not my forte, so I’ll go with Publishing Weekly for the preliminaries. Leopold, one of the reporters who...

I have some exciting news. While Steven D takes a break from blogging to be with his wife during her recovery, Kid Oakland will be doing some blogging here. He has a project that I think is going to be fun and interesting, but...

I noticed some trends in both the green and the orange threads of yesterday’s diary, Keeping Bloggers Afloat. I will take the blame for not being clear enough on some points…it’s a writer’s responsibility...

I am not a big fan of ballot initiatives, but California has one that we should all support. The California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act of 2006 (.pdf) would, if passed, give a lot of momentum to election reform...

If we are going to win back the Senate we need to hold all our current seats, including the seat of retiring Jim Jeffords of Vermont, and win at least six of the following races. Allen, George- (R – VA) versus James Webb...