Every single reader of this blog should read this amazing conversation about being black in public spaces. Jamelle Bouie, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Gene Demby, and Aisha Harris get at the heart of what
This is the grave of Ray Boone. Born in 1923 in San Diego, Boone was a star baseball player in high school. The Cleveland Indians signed him after high school and he played a bit in their minor league
One thing that’s remarkable to me about the modern Republican Party is how those with the greatest ambition to be president are so utterly loathsome and don’t even begin to hide it. Some o
The nature of work in the United States is changing fairly rapidly. Capital mobility wiped out millions of industrial jobs. Automation is eliminating the rest–along with many other job categorie
The gelatin mold is a lost art, of sorts. The appeal of gelatin is largely unknown to me. Perhaps this is because of Jell-o and Lutheran hot dish potlucks (let me assure you, there is nothing lucky ab
As you may have seen, Milos Forman has died. Ultimately, his career is defined by a couple of great movies, followed by a series of solid but not spectacular Hollywood productions. Nothing wrong with
Living in an age of unprecedented human-caused climate change sure is fun! This new study published in Nature shows that the Gulf Stream is at its slowest in at least 1,600 years, probably because of
This is the grave of Herman Melville. Born in 1819 in Manhattan, Herman Melvill (the “e” was added later) was born into the middle class, as his father was a merchant specializing in goods