This is the grave of Henry Teller. A surprisingly decent man for a Gilded Age senator, Teller was born in 1830 near Granger, New York. He became a lawyer in 1858, moved to Illinois, and got involved in Republican politics there. In 1861, he moved...
Author: Erik Loomis
This is a largely self-serving post, but it's Friday night and I could use the help of people smarter than me. I am not a particularly technology-oriented guy. I am.
When the Democrats took the deal on CHIP to end the shutdown almost immediately, I said it was a good deal and might be smart politics. Theoretically, I still agree.
Last week, I gave a talk at Bradley University in Peoria based around Out of Sight, but updated to discuss post-election issues. Basically, I outline the basic issue of how corporations are controlling our society by moving production wherever they want, undermining the global working...
This is the grave of the great Paul Robeson. Born in 1898 in Princeton, New Jersey to a father who was an emancipated slave and a mother who came from.
I know that my logging book is not designed to be a best-seller, although I did write it as a readable history. The price doesn't help. It won't literally cost.
As a casual student of American food faddism, something that is still more than alive and well today (Yes, it's an amazing coincidence that a sizable percentage of the educated liberal upper middle class all became gluten intolerant over a 3 year period. Must be...
Every now and then, someone wonders in comments why I obsess about the Civil War and referring to it as Treason in Defense of Slavery, a term it should be.
This is the grave of Al Haig. Unfortunately born in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania in 1924, Haig grew up in a staunch Republican family. He really wanted to be a military.
Perhaps nothing is more core to liberal beliefs than the idea that dialogue will bring people together. If only we can come together and talk out our problems and if only we can educate people about the world, they will make decisions based on tolerance....
A big shocker last night when Roger Rocha, head of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) issued his organization's support of Trump's ethnic cleansing so long as the.
Donald Trump has been playing around with this for some time, but his call last night for Congress to pass a bill allowing Cabinet agencies to fire workers they consider.