Author: BooMan

Winning is Everything But Still Not Enough

One of the things I particularly like about the cover story in our July/August 2018 issue is that it articulates something that has been at the core of my political outlook since the first term of the George W. Bush...

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On Russia, Trump Was Just As Bad in 2015

Things have gotten ugly. How ugly? The U.S. ambassador to Russia is former Utah governor Jon Huntsman.  His brother, Paul Huntsman, is the owner and publisher of The Salt Lake Tribune. In an editorial published in...

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The Russians Play the Long Game With the NRA

Looking carefully at the criminal complaint and affidavit on Maria Butina that the Department of Justice unsealed on Monday, I quickly realized that most of the information has been public for more than a year. In March 2017,...

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Another Huge Arrest in the Russia Investigation

Sometimes, it’s hard to know what to say. Today is one of those times. I think I need to regroup a bit before I respond to what happened in Helsinki. I knew it would be bad but I didn’t anticipate that the reception...

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A Terrifying Meeting in Helsinki

Maryland just announced that they’ve unwittingly allowed a Russian oligarch to gain control of important elements of their voting machinery, but the White House and Republican-controlled Congress aren’t interested....

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