A lot of pretty famous and pretty good people died this week. It's Memorial Day so let's remember them. First, Chuck Rangel. He was actually #8 on my obituary to-write list, but I've been slacking a bit on these and it didn't happen. I didn't...
Author: Erik Loomis
On May 26, 1913, actors unionized in Actors Equity Association. This necessary move to professionalize actors as workers fighting for decent conditions played an important role in bringing the field.
On May 25, 1943, white workers rioted at Alabama Dry Dock after Fair Employment Practice Committee officials forced the company to promote 12 black workers to skilled positions. One of.
I've spent the last week doing research at the University of Idaho. Moscow is very much not a live music center, so no shows for me. However, this place has a big piece of musical history. For some reason, Lionel Hampton used to come out...
This is the grave of Wynton Kelly. Born in 1931 in Brooklyn, Kelly grew up in a Jamaican immigrant family. His family had a piano and he started playing with.
So just how did Mike Johnson get Republicans supposedly skeptical of Medicaid cuts to vote for them anyway. The answer is some good old fashioned greed. In the end, hard-liners.
Oregon released its latest report on the state of the wolf population in its borders. It's looking good. You can read the whole PDF here. The minimum known count of wolves in Oregon at the end of 2024 was 204 wolves, up from 178 last...
I had completely forgotten Michael Ledeen existed, but he's dead and we should not mourn. That guy never found a situation where some killing wasn't the answer, whether it was.
This is the grave of Franklin Sanborn. Born in 1831 in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, Sanborn should have died at the age of two. He was struck by lightning. Whether.
Thanks to the commenter who noted that the last EIGHT members of Congress to die in office are Democrats: Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia--age 75, cancer Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona--age 77, cancer Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas--age 70, heart attack Rep. Bill Pascrell of...
The Democrats and their love for the Olds has paid off big once again with the death of Gerry Connolly, who Pelosi and other senior Democrats went all-in to protect.
This is the grave of Henry Wade. Born in 1914 in Rockwall County, Texas, Wade came from a legal family. In fact, five of his seven brothers would also become.