Author: BooMan

I’m Glad that Romney Didn’t Get the Job

If I were the editor of USA Today or McClatchy or the Associated Press or the New York Times, I’d tell all my writers that they must append the following blockquote to every mention of Mitt Romney from now until twenty...

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Casual Observation

It’s interesting that the left in this country is probably more committed to the idea that the people should get to vote for the president than the Republicans are, but we don’t vote for president and never have. We...

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What Alexander Hamilton Would Want

Our first president was from Virginia, and our second president was from Massachusetts. In fact, our first six presidents were from one of those two states. It’s an oversimplification, but the competition between Virginia...

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Why the President Needs Intel Briefings

Since Donald Trump now says that he will not accept a daily intelligence briefing (known as the Presidential Daily Briefing or “PDB”) because he’s so smart that he doesn’t need it, I want to remind you...

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Your Funky Ills

The three-hour electric prescription for your funky ills. Someone just wrote a whole book about this show which is now a historic recording in the Library of Congress. I think Ithaca still observes May 8th as a holiday and has...

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