Author: BooMan

My first thought on hearing that Donald Trump has selected South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to be his ambassador to the United Nations was that it might help mitigate the growing perception that he’s building a white...

It’s not so much that when the president does it it is not a crime as it is that the only remedy when the president does it is impeachment. And if the president does it and gets away with it and thumb’s his nose at...

It’s Giving Tuesday, which means that today’s a good day to make a donation to the Washington Monthly and make sure that you’re a subscriber to the magazine. Donations are tax-deductible. In explaining the...

Donald Trump has only the dimmest idea of how our government is supposed to work, and he cares very little about learning. He probably thought he was being magnanimous and fair when he sent Kellyanne Conway out to announce that...

I was just looking into a few things and came across this, which turns out to be kind of fascinating if you want to understand Indiana politics in the 1920’s. Of course, you probably couldn’t care less about Indiana...