Before I saw the Aretha Franklin performance of "A Natural Woman" at the Kennedy Center Honors, I didn't even think I was a particular fan of that song, but it was like her voice was a fist that reached into my chest and pulled the emotion...
In 1948, the National Farm Labor Union and Hollywood filmmakers who hated the virulently anti-union big farm grower DiGiorgio Fruit, the largest grape, plum, and pear grower in the world,.
Most colleges and universities are still on their winter break. So the 2015 new pastime of complaining about college protesters no matter what they do is on break. I know.
Boy, it sure is sad to finally see Rahm Emanuel fall apart. Rick Perlstein's analysis of Rahm is pretty damning. First, all Rahm has ever cared about is cash. If that means hanging out with Republicans, all the better. But even worse, Rahm the Democratic adviser...
It's hardly surprising that a leading factor in how well students do in the classroom is their home life. Are they homeless? Are they a victim of abuse? Are their.
Peter Beinart has an article in the Atlantic arguing that the United States is drifting leftward, at least on domestic policy. David Dayen objects. I largely agree with the latter..
I know that Rhode Island and New York and New Jersey (and of course Massachusetts!) talk a big game when it comes to their corruption? And Illinois likes to claim its spot as the most corrupt state. And we can't forget about Louisiana. But to borrow...
Good news from a Pennsylvania court. A court in Pennsylvania on Wednesday struck down a state law that imposed a lifetime ban from employment on as many as 200,000 people.
This may be of interest to some of you. I only post the OLDMAN CAT posts that aren't too self-referential or self-involved here, but 100 percent of all OLDMAN CAT.
Autostraddle has "banged the drum on Habitica so many times," and it reminded me that I should, too. Habitica is a site that gamifies your to-do list and habits. Put another way, it's a token economy, but one you administer yourself. It has changed my life....
This Rey vs. Luke poster is so precious. pic.twitter.com/7uesdfhzqI— Ana Mardoll (@AnaMardoll) January 3, 2016 So here's a confession: I don't like Star Wars. I don't give a crap about.
Certain elements of Rex Ryan's failure in Buffalo this year were predictable. Attention to detail has always been a problem, and he was unchanged in that regard: Buffalo saw his.