Author: BooMan

Trump vs. the Pope. Who wins?

When President Calvin Coolidge visited Cuba in 1928, he did so on a U.S. battleship, which was, in retrospect, a very accurate message to send. I doubt anyone suspected that it would be eighty-eight years before Cubans got a...

If, as seems reasonable, Greg Sargent is correct that the spectacle of Senate hearings on an Obama-nominated Supreme Court Justice will empower hardliners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, the Republican Establishment has a powerful...

I approve this message. Statement by the Press Secretary on the President’s Travel to Cuba and Argentina President Obama and the First Lady will travel to Cuba on March 21st and 22nd and Argentina on March 23rd and 24th. In...

There’s been a lot of loose talk about the 1994 Crime Bill recently, especially in the Democratic primary. As the recriminations go back and forth, it’s important to remember that the Crime Bill was a massive piece...