Bob Dylan turns 80 today. A few random notes about arguably the single most influential musician in American history: (1) I was fifteen when Blood on the Tracks was released..
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., center, speaks with committee members Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April.
Very nice story at the NYT on the distribution and diffusion of technologies that have increased the average human lifespan. Steven Johnson interrogates the standard stories of vaccination, pasteurization, and.
By Dmitriy Pichugin - http://www.airliners.net/photo/Belarus---Air/Mikoyan-Gurevich-MiG-29-(9-13)/2138951/L/, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22900779 The government of Belarus basically hijacked a passenger liner in flight in order to force it down and arrest a dissident: The.
On May 23, 1977, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Abood v. Detroit County Board of Education, upholding public sector unions collecting union dues from non-members for purposes of.
If it's not the Crucifixion then it's the Holocaust: Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, during an interview on a conservative podcast this week, compared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to.
Emily Wilder has issued a powerful statement about the Associated Press disgracefully delegating its personnel decisions to the Stanford Republicans and Tom Cotton: My statement on my termination from The.
President Donald Trump examines a fire truck from Wisconsin-based manufacturer Pierce on the South Lawn during a "Made in America" product showcase event at the White House in Washington, DC,.
