Friend of LGM and dismayingly relevant author Charles Pierce has a new politics blog at Esquire, which is of course excellent. See, for example, this analysis of the Republican attack on voting rights, or this timely note that "[t]he problem with a race to the...
Month: September 2011
An interesting discussion in the comment thread to Erik's post on the welcome decline of robocheckers below. There's been some mild pushback against the notion of resisting robocheckers out of.
Y'know, I'm just going to go out on a limb and declare that Terry Francona's decision to use Alfredo Aceves out of the bullpen in the final week was a.
Now this is fascinating. What's particularly interesting is that the decline of pumpkin beer in the early 19th century was not about temperance, but about a modernizing nation turning its back on traditional food as rustic and uncouth. This is interesting given today's fretting among...
I would be remiss to not mention the death of the great African environmentalist, feminist, and activst Wangari Maathai. The Kenyan activist began her activist career by figuring out that.
Atrios points us to this piece on supermarkets pulling back from the self-checkout stands. I am very glad to see this. As Atrios points out, these things are nothing more.
While I often like Mark Bittman, like a lot of the recent generation of food writers (and, all too often, environmental writers more broadly), he talks down to the poor. As someone who doesn't work two jobs, who doesn't have to search under the couch...
We don't know if the Red Sox will complete the choke, but they've already blown it. And while Epstein isn't to blame for the choke per se, it's hard to.
Logically consistent Maggie Gallagher: The fact that members of LGM are not routinely given speaking gigs by Republican organizations is a clear violation of their civil rights. Shorter Maggie Gallagher: .
Two incidents from yesterday's NFL action: (1) Detroit is punting from their own five in a tie game with Minnesota. The clock is running and Minnesota has no time outs. If Detroit calls a time out right before the play clock expires they will punt...
The invention of Doritos coincides roughly with the mainstreaming of weed in American culture. Today, the nation says goodbye to the man who helped nourished stoners for a half century..
(An obscenely long post about a superhero film? I must be teaching again. I am! This class, in fact.) Richard Donner knew that Superman needed a powerful entrance in Superman.