With the outcome of the Democratic primaries no longer in doubt, Salon is turning its #BernieorBust amps up to 11. Sure, we get HA! Goodman's latest plea for the FBI to indict Hillary Clinton which they will as he...
Ronald Aronson has an interesting, if rather lengthy, essay about the privatization of hope, adapted from his forthcoming book. I don't agree with all of it. He falls into the.
Meant to say this a few days ago, but I will now: Barack Obama is flat out wrong about Black Lives Matter. At a youth town hall in London Saturday,.
The lesson of Terry McAullife's susprisingly progressive record as governor of Virginia is that the executive branch is generally where party change ends, not where it begins: What’s interesting about this is that before assuming office, McAuliffe seemed like the ultimate political hack. The Clinton crony...
This is an interesting discussion of how the corporation has become a popular culture villain. But I think it's a remarkably apolitical way that doesn't really transfer over to distrust.
I spent 1996-97 in South Korea teaching English in the public schools. It was a mind-blowing experience in any number of ways. But one thing was clear when I was.
Stating what really should be obvious: After Prince’s untimely death last week, folks trying to share his songs on Twitter and Facebook via YouTube clips — the modern mode of mourning in our digital age — were stumped. Ditto those who turned to Spotify or Rhapsody...
I thought after the Trent Richardson debacle it would be a loooong time before a running back was selected in the top 5 again. I was wrong, but was pleased.
Backlist has published an excellent food history reading list for those of you interested in those sorts of things. I did a labor history reading list for them a few.
When we think of soil conservation (a topic I know is near and dear to all LGM readers!) we think of the Dust Bowl as the central event. And in many ways that's true, but it has deeper roots, which is fantastic erosion created in the...
This is my favorite of Jim VandeHei's responses to Dylan Matthews, which Rob linked below: DM: The Innovation Party sounds like a typical Beltway centrist project: pro-entitlement cuts, hawkish, socially.
Face front, true believers! Last time, I talked about the “protean” nature of the “mutant metaphor,” its roots in science-fiction of the time, and how at least initially there was.