Author: BooMan

Unlike Ronald Reagan and John Paul II, the vice president and the new pope do not have large-scale charisma or sunny faces to soften their harsh “my way or the highway” policies. Their gloomy world outlooks and...

Well, I’m back.  Spent the morning driving around Chester County, PA, going to used book stores, having breakfast, looking at all the foliage blooming.  It was nice to get out of the city for a while, and Chester...

President Bush’s brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, will lead the U.S. delegation to Sunday’s inaugural Mass in Rome for Pope Benedict XVI… …It’s the second time this year that Bush has turned to his...

It sounds to me as though John Bolton’s nomination to be Ambassador to the United Nations is almost dead. Colin Powell, Bolton’s former boss, has been consulted by Hagel and Chafee, and he did not give a ringing...

The Senate had earlier approved Mr Negroponte’s nomination by a majority of 98-2. The new spy chief will take primary responsibility for delivering the president’s daily intelligence briefing and will set budgets for...