Author: BooMan

A Price to Pay?

The LA Times muses about Bush’s unprecedented level of incompetence: Questions about whether anyone is in charge of the nation’s affairs are never a good thing for a president. But the post-hurricane crisis arrived...

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Wingnuts Never Sleep

Rev. Bill Shanks, pastor of New Covenant Fellowship of New Orleans, also sees God’s mercy in the aftermath of Katrina — but in a different way. Shanks says the hurricane has wiped out much of the rampant sin common...

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Pissed Off

The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during his “I Have a Dream” speech. I woke up and read the New York Times and the Washington Post. And, I’m...

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It’s Time to Demand Accountability

As the 90’s wore on I began to have a kind of grudging respect for Mayor Giuliani. There were many things I didn’t like about how he ran the city. Many, many things. But I couldn’t deny the amazing...

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