This is the grave of Frank Knox. Born in 1874 in Boston, Knox grew up pretty middling. His father was a grocer. The family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan for a new start in 1883 and his father opened another store there. Knox went to...
Author: Erik Loomis
I saw Sudan Archives last week in Boston. I was curious what this would be like live. I am a big fan of her 2022 album Natural Brown Prom Queen,.
One of the great mysteries of politics is how national Republicans came to believe that the Latino vote that moved hard to them in 2024 was permanent. I mean, there.
This is a guest post by Western Dave. I want to thank Erik and the other front-pagers for giving me the chance to spread the word about yet another outrage that is occurring and requires action. Like many of us in the current crisis, my...
This is the grave of Alexander Clay. Born in 1853 in Powder Springs, Georgia, Alexander Stephens Clay was, well, named after the other Alexander Stephens, the VP of treason. In.
I had never seen any version of A Star is Born, including the recent one with Lady Gaga. The story is well known--girl wants to be famous in the entertainment.
Community members clash with ICE, other federal officers, Minneapolis police, and other state officers as officials raid Las Cuatro Milpas in Minneapolis, Minnesota Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer) Last week, I did a grave post on Karl Bendetsen, who I called...
Not even in Mississippi: A proposed ICE detention facility that would have held 8,500 immigrants in a warehouse in Byhalia, Mississippi, won’t happen, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker says. “I just spoke with.
This is the grave of Randall Thompson. Born in 1899 in New York City, Ira Randall Thompson grew up pretty well off. His father was an English teacher at a.
OK........well, I had never seen Paul Mazursky's 1969 film Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. In fact, I really knew nothing about it except for the classic image from it of all four of them naked in bed together and the understanding that it...
Donald Trump demanded Texas redistrict in the middle of the cycle. His lapdog Greg Abbott was happy to do his master's bidding. This led to a ridiculous map where Texas.
A good piece here on how Trumpian politics have proven quite appealing to the right in Japan and South Korea, two nations with very strong senses of both misogyny and.