Author: BooMan

The Attorney General Should Answer to Congress

It’s rarely been more clear that our system has a big flaw in that the attorney general of the United States works for the president of the United States rather than at the pleasure of the legislature. This makes it...

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Wanker of the Day: Donna Brazile

Donna Brazile should know that if you need to write a 900-word essay to rationalize taking your new job, you’re probably not going to convince your critics. If she wants to pay the mortgage with Rupert Murdoch’s...

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When Trump Told Us to Follow the Money

I want to go back into the time machine for a moment, all the way back to late-September 2016. Donald Trump’s campaign rolled out a coordinated new attack on Hillary Clinton in an attempt to regain its footing after a...

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Electability Matters

Barbara O’Brien quoted me in support of an argument that I wouldn’t have made in precisely the same way, so I thought I’d offer a brief counterpoint. Her thesis is that no matter who the Democrats nominate for...

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