Author: BooMan

Back in 1978, the nation was enjoying a summer listening to Rod Stewart’s Do Ya Think I’m Sexy and getting down with A Taste of Honey’s Boogie Oogie Oogie. Vietnam and Watergate were over and President Carter...

I’ve gotta be honest with you. I find this current constitutional crisis over the illegal NSA wiretaps to be exceedingly depressing. And depleting. By now, most of you know that I am a weird breed. I am incredibly cynical,...

In the latest assault on my senses, Oliver North, who is appearing on Hannity and colmes, just said: The term ‘moderate Muslim’ is an oxymoron. There is no such thing as a moderate Muslim. There’s also no such...

If I am sitting in my living room in Philly and I call Susan in Port Angeles, Washington, the NSA cannot listen in because my couch is located domestically. However, if I call Jerome in Paris, the NSA can wiretap me because my...

From Woody Allen’s Crimes & Misdemeanors. The question was, “What is comedy?”: Lester (Alan Alda): “What makes New York such a funny place is that there’s so much tension and pain and misery and craziness...