MTV was launched 40 years ago [!] today. For those of us a certain age -- I was in college at the time -- it's sobering to contemplate that the distance between the present and the dawn of MTV is the same as that between the...
On August 1, 1864, Nevada miners engaged in the first strike in western hardrock metal mining. This action would be successful, albeit for just a short time. It also laid.
Ron DeSantis, America's most ironically named governor: Saturday, the state of Florida reported more new COVID-19 cases to the Centers for Disease Control than any previous day in the coronavirus.
The 1970s was a strange time in the movies, in the sense that you could seemingly get any damn thing on the big screen. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings is a 1976 comedy about Negro League baseball. Billy Dee Williams stars as a...
Frito-Lay workers in Topeka have been on strike over their atrocious working conditions and long hours. The union won a small victory, getting some slight improvements. This is really something..
Let's start with a simple truth: Vaccinated people are far far far less likely to spread the virus than unvaccinated peopleLike way less likelyA lot lessPretty clear from the data.
American rail investment costs an absurd amount of money. It's a real problem. This piece doesn't really explore the reasons for that, but it does mention it and it's a subject we need to discuss: We can presume the $24 billion for the Northeast Corridor contains...
Not the Onion: https://twitter.com/jamisonfoser/status/1421242454863351809 https://twitter.com/jamisonfoser/status/1421243470212046850 Yes, elite media coddling of conservatives is certainly part of what's going on here, but other big factors include genuine longing by that same media.
As I've stated previously, I simply have trouble trusting any news coming out of the United States on Cuba, largely because it just reflects the hardened position of those who.
Watching valuable beer shelf space go over to hard seltzer has been irritating. I always figured it was just another in the constant fads of "alcohol for people who don't like alcohol" that comes in waves. I was wondering if hard seltzer would have staying power....
This is the grave of Woody Guthrie. Born in 1912 in Okemah, Oklahoma, Woody Guthrie's life is almost as much legend as fact, in no small part because of his.
This week's edition of Music Notes is dominated by my weekend at the Newport Folk Festival. A few initial words. First, LIVE MUSIC! OH MY GOD LIVE MUSIC! I cannot.