Author: BooMan

In the new November/December 2015 issue of the magazine, our editor in chief Paul Glastris has a feature article that seeks to understand why some of our midsize cities are thriving while others are stuck in the doldrums. As a...

I wasn’t a Howard Dean supporter in 2003-4, although I greatly respected the movement he built and what he was trying to do. But a good friend of mine was a Dean supporter and he hosted a very large house party for Dean in...

I’m concerned about the tone: Earlier in his speech, [Sen. Rand] Paul explained his habit of linking [Sen. Bernie] Sanders to mass exterminations carried out by socialist regimes throughout history. “People say: ‘Oh,...

Here is a gift for all the Republican governors who are announcing that they will not allow any refugees from the civil war in Syria and Iraq to resettle in their states. And here is some theme music for the rest of us. I hate...

Oh, look, I guess the cat is out of the bag.