While I am in Mexico and am not really seeing much in the way of shows, I did have a live music experience last weekend. My wife is very much into Latin dancing. I am very much not. But it was her birthday, so I...
Author: Erik Loomis
A couple of things before we get to the games. First, the college football playoff. Unlike a lot of people, I am basically fine with the committee placing Alabama in.
This is the grave of Bud Fisher. Born in 1885 in Chicago, Harry Fisher was a rich kid, son of a prosperous merchant. He got to go to the University.
Oregon plays Penn State for the Big 10 Championship tomorrow, which is a good time to use the Film Club to show the footage from 2011 when Penn State students rioted after the administration fired Joe Paterno for covering up his defensive coordinator raping little...
Michael Tomasky thinks so. I am a lot more skeptical. First, Tomasky: But the total net worth of Trump’s Cabinet? It’s at least $13.3 billion, and that’s not because there are.
The tipped minimum wage is one of those weird parts of the American economy that almost any progressive policy person hates. It exploits workers, it is deeply unfair within restaurants,.
While we try to figure out what the hell happened last month, it's important to eliminate factors. One thing that did not drive urban voters of color to the Republicans was not the Trumpist rhetoric of dangerous "shithole cities." If urban voters were rejecting liberal...
The Fall Guy did not do so well at the box office and that's too bad, because it is really is pretty damn entertaining. It's amazing what happens when Hollywood.
Take the wins when we can get them these days: Several Montana Republicans joined Democrats on Tuesday to block a measure that would have barred transgender lawmakers from using the.
I visited Paris in 2018 and then Notre Dame burned in 2019. It seemed like a huge loss to global cultural patrimony, but France has evidently done one hell of a job of restoration and it is about to reopen. In a world where everything...
Biden has been so quiet since the election, other than pardoning Hunter. Well, whatever about that, I say. But he still has an opportunity to make a difference. In some.
This is the grave of Charles Fairbanks. Born in 1852 in Centerville, Ohio, Fairbanks grew up in a reform family. His father was a wagonmaker, but more importantly, the house.