If you want to know who really controls right wing politics, this deep dive into two Texas christofascists who effectively run the state's Republicna Party will scare the heck out of you.
Author: Erik Loomis
This is the grave of Bonner Fellers. Born in 1896 in Ridge Farm, Illinois, Fellers ended up at Earlham College in Indiana, which is amusing given his future. Earlham is.
Watching Antonioni's Blow-Up continues two recent themes--checking off films I should have seen years ago and films from the counterculture era that are shockingly sexist. As a general rule, I.
Now this I really, really, really, really don't know why you'd watch, but I know that most of you are going to so here's your open thread on it.
Gabriel Winant has a piece about the racist attacks on the Haitians of Springfield, Ohio at the New York Review of Books. He goes into the history of Springfield quite.
I was a bit skeptical when I first opened this CNN list of twenty great American dishes, but I gotta say, other than missing anything with Hatch green chile, this.
Gavin Newsom often vetoes excellent bills, but he signed this one and I am glad. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law Friday barring employers from holding mandatory anti-union meetings in the workplace. The legislation makes California the latest and largest state to outlaw...
Unless anything changes between writing this post last night and this going up this morning, the International Longshoremen’s Association will be going on strike, closing all the ports on the.
This is the grave of Alexander Shepherd. Born in 1835 in Washington, D.C., Shepherd grew up working class, dropped of school at the age of 13, and got a job.
One of the funnest players in NBA history, a hugely important figure in the growth of African basketball, and one hell of a dominant defensive player. RIP.
This is the grave of Frank Chance. Born in 1876 in Sailda, California. Chance grew up in Fresno. He was well-off, the son of a bank president. He didn't need.
This one hurts an awful lot. I will have a lot more--A LOT MORE--about Kris tomorrow. Actually about to see Morgan Wade and am wondering if she will talk about.