Last night, I watched the 1972 documentary by Jeff Kanew, Black Rodeo. It follows the hosting of a Black rodeo in Harlem. I was sold immediately. Rodeo! Race! Cities! Weirdness!.
I was unblinded this morning only to find that I have been an unwitting member of Team Placebo. Now properly injected with the J&J vaccine, I plan to spend my.
Reading Scott's post about J.D. Vance's transparently faux working class angst as he navigates the Masters of the Universe social scene reminded me of this fascinating article published a couple.
Above: why do I keep ending up at all these Masters of the Universe events? J.D. Vance has de facto kicked off his Senate campaign with a mash note to.
Glad to hear this: President Joe Biden is planning the first major federal tax hike since 1993 to help pay for the long-term economic program designed as a follow-up to his.
This is just a great way for political/historical nerds to kill a couple hours. It's a site that has compiled county level presidential electoral information going all the way back.
This is the grave of Kate Smith. Born in 1907 in Greenville, Virginia, Smith grew up pretty well off. Her father was a newspaper and magazine distributor in the DC.
With Aaron Sorkin's uneven but entertaining The Trial of the Chicago 7 getting multiple Oscar nominations, Louis Menand has a good essay about the New Left and its major figures:.
