This is the grave of John Bell Hood, Traitor in Defense of Slavery. Born in 1831 in Owingsville, Kentucky, Hood grew up a rich kid. His father was a doctor, he was related to a lot of politicians, and of course their lifestyle was supported...
Author: Erik Loomis
What could be more 70s than Kris Kristofferson singing "Help Me Make It Through the Night" with Miss Piggy? Nothing.
Undecided voters.... Jesus Christ, who are these idiots? Perlstein explores this question. Thus, finally, my hypothesis about undecided voters. I imagine that what at least some of them—certainly more than.
There's been something of a move away from Florida for a certain kind of retiree who wants to live in a nice place (what that ever had to do with Florida, I have no idea) but were scared of climate change. One area where they...
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.
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 am not a big Antonioni guy, especially after the mid 60s. The early Italian films...
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 is about as perfect of a list as you can come up with. You've got...
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.
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.