This is the grave of Linus Pauling. Born in 1901 in Portland, Oregon, Pauling grew up without much. His father ran a drugstore and they moved around Oregon for those plans, first to Lake Oswego and then to Condon, which is a tiny town in...
Author: Erik Loomis
This is the grave of Jim Jeffries. Born in 1875 in Carroll, Ohio, Jeffries grew up in Los Angeles. His family moved there in 1882, which was well before LA.
Here’s my list of books read in September. You can see last month’s list here and you can follow that back month by month from there if you care to. Professional Reading,.
This is the grave of Jeremiah Asher. Born in 1812 in North Brandford, Connecticut, Asher grew up in the free Black community in that place. His grand father was a slave taken straight from Africa who won his freedom after agreeing to fight in the...
This is the grave of George Kubler. Born in 1912 in Hollywood, Kubler grew up wealthy. His father was an art historian, but died when his boy was only 8.
The long-time president of the United Steelworkers of America has died. What made Gerard a special union leader was his ability to shift his union away from the declining steel.
Which of course is the occasional French film reaching an American arthouse cinema, as if those even exist anymore outside of a few college towns and a couple of New York neighborhoods. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Monday he will...
Leah Litman notes that Louisiana v. Callais, which intends to rule the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. is really an attempt to repeal the First Reconstruction, as the VRA came out.
In case you were wondering what our techbro betters have in store for us: George Orwell’s 1984 warned of a future where Big Brother watches every move. Today, modern technology.
This is the grave of Henry V of England. Born in 1386 in Monmouth Castle, Wales, Henry of Monmouth was not originally in line to be king. But in 1399, his father, who became Henry IV, had led nobles in a revolt to overthrow Richard...
I've long said that Clarence Thomas will gladly write the decision that overturns Loving v. Virginia and he more or less just says so here. As the Supreme Court is about to.
There were so many arguments around here a few years ago around self-checkout, in which consumers do free work for stores by checking themselves out and thus allowing employers to.