On July 3, 1913, an auto worker named Charles Weaver lost his eye after a crowbar struck him in the face at work. That was bad enough, but for Weaver that was the second eye he had lost on the job, having lost the other...
Author: Erik Loomis
10/03/2017 LBJ Library photo by Jay Godwin Oh good God, someone end this: President Biden acknowledged on Tuesday that he “fell asleep on the stage” during his disastrous debate last.
I agree that we should focus on things other than whatever is left of Biden's brain. So here's something even worse: Hurricane Beryl, unprecedented for its rate of strengthening, intensity.
Whatever needs to happen with Biden, I have no complaints whatsoever about his labor record. Julie Su, who remains Acting Secretary of Labor because the techbros hate her so much, has expanded overtime protections in a massive way. Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su issued...
Biden down by 6 in the new CNN poll, which is about as good as polling gets, ain't great! Three-quarters of US voters say the Democratic Party would have a better shot.
This is the grave of Kidd Jordan. Born in 1935 in Crowley, Louisiana, Jordan grew up in the rice farms of southwestern Louisiana. This was zydeco country musically. Clifton Chenier.
This is the grave of Helen Codere. Born in 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Codere grew up in Minnesota after her parents crossed the border. She was an odd child, or different anyway. She convinced her father, who was a businessman, to build her a cabin...
This is the grave of Howell Cobb. Born in Jefferson County, Georgia in 1815, Howell Cobb pretty much had the ideal name for a traitor. Maybe I am still influenced.
Starbucks employee Tim Swicord and Gailyn Berg pose for a portrait outside of a Starbucks in Springfield, Va on April 13, 2022. (Michael A. McCoy for NPR) As soon as.
I am somewhat ambivalent about the case where the Court decided that Grants Pass, Oregon could bar people from sleeping outdoors in the city. This case split usual allies, as west coast politicians of all stripes have to deal with the reality of tent cities...
One of the problems that a lot of very smart liberals are facing is what is to them a stunning realization--no one cares about policy. They thought that if you.
This is the grave of Frank Lever. Born outside of Springhill, South Carolina, in 1875, Lever grew up on farms. His father was fairly prosperous though and Lever attended Newberry.