I spent two glorious hours on Graphic Policy Radio last night ostensibly talking about NBC's Constantine, but as the title of this post indicates, we got a little digressive. You can listen to the entire podcast below: Check Out Pop Culture Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio...
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On December 2, 1984, a gas leak in a Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal, India killed somewhere between 3787 and 16,000 people. Perhaps the worst industrial disaster in world.
As Laura Helmuth explains, James Watson has always been a definitive case study in the perils of thinking that being an expert on one thing makes you an expert on.
It must be said that Glenn Harlan Reynolds identifies a real problem in his column today -- namely, a lack of infrastructure spending and the resultant loss of working-class jobs. There are plenty of people you can blame from this fact. Most obviously, you must...
The "hands-up-don't shoot" gesture made by Rams players was going to lead to plenty of crackpottery. But Roy has found the funniest example, in the person of Mr. Rick Moran..
As I mentioned over the holiday, I have a #Slatepitch in what is hopefully the non-pejorative sense about what actions the federal government should be taking even if they don't.
This is 2 months old but I am doubtful any of you are familiar with the story. I was not until yesterday. Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest mining companies, decided to open a new copper mine in Mongolia. That nation of course has...
The National Review wonders why the shooting of Michael Brown is getting disproportionate attention: “While I understand the people are concerned about the use of deadly force by the police,.
Even today, government and industry proceed ahead with new technologies with nothing close to appropriate monitoring and testing to demonstrate its effects on people before they happen (see fracking for.
I'd say this list significantly underestimates the amount of white American rioting in American history. But in popular white ideology today, rioting is only something that black people do. Via
Congratulations to the Calgary Stampeders for winning North America's most prestigious football trophy! Some reading material: It's good that Keith Law didn't also criticize the unimpeachable intergritude of Roger Goodell.
It's a bit hard to believe that Wussy was featured on CBS. But so they were, including an interview about how an acclaimed rock band can be acclaimed but make.