Author: BooMan

Collapse of the House of Bush

Looking through the final Des Moines Register polling numbers, I’m struck first of all by how stunningly unsuccessful Jeb Bush has been in winning support. He’s polling at 2%, which means that one out of every fifty...

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Will Cruz Pay a Price for Being Loathed?

I’m most interested to see if my theory was right that Ted Cruz would pay a fatal price for being hated by everyone. No matter how unpopular the Republican Establishment is, they still have a lot of influence. And it...

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Water Torture

We may be sick of talking about Hillary Clinton’s damn emails but we’re going to be talking about them whether we like it or not.

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Young Voters Begin to Doubt Democracy

Young voters turned out in big numbers in 2008 and then stayed home in record numbers in 2014. There are many explanations for this, but one that’s not talked about is their attitude toward democracy itself. Research...

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Tucker Carlson is Making Sense

Given his history and how he currently makes a living, people should be forgiven if it makes them impatient to get lectured by Tucker Carlson, but his column on Donald Trump is worth reading even if the messenger doesn’t...

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