The good thing about doing research is finding awesome things for your writing. The bad thing is that research is kind of boring. Sometimes it’s really boring. So I amuse myself by tweeting abou
Apparently, it’s Steve Mnuchin: One defining feature of managing Trump is frequent praise, which can leave his team in what seems to be a state of perpetual compliments. The White House pushes
This profile of how Dollar General fills the shopping niche of the nation’s permanent rural underclass should be sobering. Dollar General’s sales per square foot have risen steadily in recent
Any amateur photographers in our midst? I adore looking at other people’s artsy photography. This is an amateur (or not!) photography open thread. Share one or two of your prettiest shots. This
Interesting: Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who last season started a wave of sideline protests by kneeling during the playing of the national anthem, has filed a grievan
Some folks would rather do anything rather than blame men for their transgressions. Some want to blame liberals, feminists, sexy women, that body pillow waifu with eyes that follow you around
Michelle Wilde Anderson has an outstanding essay that discusses how Trump and Republicans are returning to the “rule of capture” to fleece poor rural communities out of the natural resourc
This is the grave of Ed Muskie. Born in 1914 to a Polish immigrant father originally named Stephen Marciszewski before he changed his name when he immigrated in 1903, Muskie grew up in a working-class