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Month: September 2012
I'd have to say that Mitt Romney venturing -- without police protection! -- to the jungle streets of Paris was the greatest act of courage in recent human history, with.
Matt and Meir Javedanfar talk Iran, Israel, and US politics:
I'm really glad the Times is publishing puff pieces detailing how our plutocrats land on their feet, no matter what horrible things they do. Like the first Gilded Age, failure is rewarded handsomely if you are a member of the elite in the second Gilded...
Ouch. I do have some optimism for Cleveland, but that map presents a grim picture for the region.
We've been remiss here at not noting the death of the great Shulamith Firestone. Although her life ended up in a sad decline of mental illness and death by cancer,.
Civil War reenactors are, by and large, a depressing lot: Some re-enactors have formed camp bands to play music that soldiers enjoyed hearing around battlefield campfires. The most popular tunes included songs from the minstrel stage. Groups such as the 2nd South Carolina String Band...
On September 2, 1885, white miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming decided to exterminate the town's entire Chinese community. Whites killed at least 28 Chinese miners in the Rock Springs Massacre,.
The great German director has died. If you've never seen The Rabbit Is Me, you are missing out on one of the great movies in the history of cinema.
Finally, after much prodding and criticism, the President has seen fit to release the White House beer recipes. Obama's beers: 2. Romney's tax returns: 1. As an amateur brewer, writer, and judge of some repute in a past life, I feel obligated to offer commentary...
Links as I struggle to stay awake for the Ducks... Vote! Unless you plan to vote for the wrong sequels, in which case you should just stay home. The Final.
Sadly, the fact that he's said something flatly untrue about irrelevant trivia is more likely to disrupt his media image as a Brave Truth-Telling Teller of Hard Truths than the.