Author: BooMan

Since 2001, when Congress doubled the salary of the president of the United States, our chief executive has made $400,000 a year. That’s some pretty good coin, and I don’t think you can say it’s a major...

Kevin Drum doesn’t think diminishing Bernie Sanders as an ineffectual “community advocate” rates high on the “Atwater scale” of nasty politics. I suppose that’s true. If Stabenow accused...

I long for the day when Henry Kissinger has a worse reputation than Richard Nixon. Unfortunately, he’s the dean of our foreign policy establishment, having mentored most of the top national security thinkers of both...

Here is Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, a staunch supporter of Hillary Clinton who has campaigned for her extensively: “I think Bernie’s terrific as an advocate. There’s a difference between a strong community advocate...

I’m trying to do my best to avoid spin and talking points when analyzing the battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, and I’m aware that a lot depends on the eyes of the beholder. Having said that, I...