This is the grave of Cornelia Otis Skinner. Born in 1899 in Chicago, Skinner was the child of actors and so she ended up in the family business. Her parents were pretty well off and she went to all the good schools--Bryn Mawr and then...
Author: Erik Loomis
Why the hell would you watch this? If anything actually happens, you can watch it later. But you people are addicted to watching politainment like a junkie is to the.
This is the grave of Terry McGovern. Born in 1880 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, McGovern grew up in an Irish immigrant household. His father died while he was young and the.
On February 6, 1886, white Knights of Labor members in Seattle started anti-Chinese riots, part of the larger racist white working class of the west coast seeking to eliminate Chinese workers from the labor market with maximum violence. From the moment whites showed up on...
For the second film in my post-birthday favorite film marathon, I chose a bit of a dark horse--Terence Malick's 1998 film The Thin Red Line. I've loved this since the.
The Dutch Boy's lead party : a paint book for girls and boys, 1923
Meryl Woo Rice, right, takes part in an abortion rights protest near the Capitol on the opening day of the second session of the 109th General Assembly, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Loretta Ross is one of the smartest people...
Rare earths are central to the development of cleaner technologies that don't destroy the livable climate. But there are still massive externalities to these mining operations. Who should pay the.
DORAL, FL - OCTOBER 23: Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump attends a campaigns rally In Florida at the Trump National Doral on October 23, 2015 in Doral, Florida. Trump.
This is the grave of Samuel Otis. Born in 1740 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, Otis grew up fairly well off, went to Harvard, and graduated in 1759, which was an age still common at that time. He went into business and had a successful mercantile firm...
This 1966 newsreel is....weird. These people look like idiots. I assume that this never caught on in the United States. I hope not anyway. I also trust that part of.
Tom Verlaine of Television performs on stage at Hammersmith Odeon, London, 16 April 1978. He is playing a Fender Jazzmaster guitar. (Photo by Gus Stewart/Redferns) The big news over the.