If you believe the evangelical conservative movement as a political force was about abortion (and/or gay rights), you'll never really properly understand American politics. Balmer: But the abortion myth quickly collapses under historical scrutiny. In fact, it wasn’t until 1979—a full six years after Roe—that evangelical...
Month: May 2014
The explosion in temp work has happened because employers see it as a profitable way to exploit labor, getting rid of troublemakers, avoiding legal responsibility, and keeping wages and benefits.
Elliot Rodger's failed pick-up artist buddies: just what you'd expect, alas. ...I think perhaps the most telling detail is the fact that George Sidini was referred to positively 17 times.
I can't read about Aaron Hernandez's "motive" for killing two people without "Atlantis" playing in my head: A spilled drink in a Boston nightclub led former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez to kill two people in a drive-by shooting two years ago, prosecutors...
Exene Cervenka is, inter alia, a UCSB troofer. I'm not sure Jackie Susann meant it that way...
On May 29, 1943, Norman Rockwell published a cover in the Saturday Evening Post of a woman working an industrial job. This cover represented the millions of women entering the.
I've been quiet here lately. March is generally my busiest month academically, in April I had several commitments in the United States, and when I returned to England at the end of April, I had the end of the year grading crunch (which I finished...
My latest at the Diplomat: What are the limits of legitimate economic espionage? The indictment of five PLA officers for stealing U.S. intellectual property brings economic espionage into the same spotlight lately.
One of my favorite movies of the aughts was the 2000 supernatural thriller, "What Lies Beneath," starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Peiffer. I just found everything about it compelling-- from.
I had meant to write about the unwillingness of foreign governments to step up to Ecuador's offer to not drill for oil in its rainforest if the international community would pay the country half its value. Of course the U.S., UK, China, etc., were not...
It's hardly surprising that the populations of democratic nations are now resisting hosting gigantic sporting events like the 2022 Winter Olympics. It's a tremendous waste of money that does little.
SEK and Steven Attewell are at it again! Audio is available here