Author: BooMan

When I first heard that Justice Anthony Kennedy was retiring I performed a heroic face palm that lasted probably three minutes or more. Then, the first optimistic thought I had was along the lines of the following: Within hours...

Jonathan Chait is criticizing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for allegedly giving private assurances to the Republicans that he will not eliminate the legislative filibuster if the Democrats regain a Senate majority after...

I think Josh Marshall is correct when he warns people off over-interpreting the shocking primary loss Joe Crowley, the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, suffered last night at the hands of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a...

I like this Twitter exchange because I think both people have discovered something absolutely correct and key to understanding the limited political success of Donald Trump. Actually, I think a much better microcosm of why Trump...

I’m old enough to remember when a Democrat was president and the Republicans couldn’t stop howling about the deficit and the national debt. The nation’s fiscal outlook looks ever bleaker, thanks in part to deficit...