This is the grave of James Foulis. Born in 1871 in St. Andrews, Scotland, Foulis grew up around golf. Not only is that because of where he was born, but in fact his father was the foreman at Old Tom Morris' clubmaking business. Morris was...
Author: Erik Loomis
This silent film of various Boston sites isn't super exciting necessarily and there aren't even title cards to provide a narrative. But films of cities a century ago are pretty.
The more data we see on this election, the weirder it gets and the reason it is weird is that it is hard to describe the power Trump has over.
There are other things going on in the world and one of them is the end of the Boeing strike last week. Of course who knows if this means anything given what is about to come for organized labor, as the excellent labor scholar Jake...
This is the grave of Bob Howsam. Born in 1918 in Denver, Robert Howsam, but always Bob, grew up pretty well off. His father ran a bee-keeping business, which I.
I saw two shows this week, both before the election, so I could actually enjoy them. The first was Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra, at Firehouse 12 in.
Joe Biden was good on policy, but terrible on politics. That's how I'd define his presidency and one of the worst political moves he made was appointing Merrick Garland attorney general. Garland then proceeded to spend the next four years doing not a goddamn thing...
Jeff Bezos continues to make his employees love him by mandating they return to the office 5 days a week for reasons that seem to be related to his own.
No politics, sports only. Especially this week. This week's top 10 games, based on the Athletic's ranking of teams from 1-134, in order of starting time. #4 Miami at #49.
This is the grave of William Porter, better known as O.Henry. Born in 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina, Porter grew up middle class, the son of a physician. However, his mother died in childbirth when he was 3 years old. So his paternal grandmother took...
Silent films can be incredibly entertaining and not just the classic comedies. A great starting point is Victor Fleming's 1926 film Mantrap, starring Clara Bow as a woman on the.
I saved any real commentary on the election until now so I could try and have something useful to say. Maybe I do, maybe I don't. What I can say.