Given that approximately 113 percent of LGM commenters live in the greater Boston area, it was really good to meet so many of you tonight. Meeting the regulars been the most enjoyable part of these book events. FYI, the next event is November 10 at Marist...
R.I.P. More here.
City on Fire, or "We Didn't Start the Fire?" For all I know, Hallberg's novel is a towering masterpiece of American letters that is being ill-served by the people fawning.
The specimen in this nine-minute video is Luke Gatti. He seems to have a little too much to drink Sunday night. In the world of the cyber-panopticon, that can make you famous: The blog entry below is slightly more than a year old, so props to...
Rubio's answer to the question of whether he disagrees with Romney or G. W. Bush about anything is indeed priceless: Well, we’re in a different era. For example, my policies.
Conservatives, including the conservative I ended up across the table from last weekend who I told that I wanted the government to invade his home and take his guns, love.
Oregon loves its white heritage. As a native, I'll be honest, Oregon history is really boring. It missed out on most of the interesting flash points of US West history. It lacked almost all of the Old West violence that people love. There were no major...
As both an educator and quasi-journalist whose specialty is judicial politics, this looks potentially useful. I will be upset, however, if the films do not involve a lot of historical.
It's great that San Francisco is developing the nation's first government-run diaper bank for poor families. It's totally ridiculous that this is not a national program or that we don't.
Hmm, who was the most incompetent coach/manager fired today? Well, we can start with Matt Williams. I'm very disappointed. I was looking forward to the inevitable incident next year in which Williams asked Bryce Harper to bunt a runner from second to third with one out...
Much like voter ID laws have little to nothing to do with voter fraud and everything to do with stopping black people from voting, so is the anti-welfare movement about.
It took a bit longer than expected and there were a few more "oh, this issue over rice imports could blow up the whole thing" stories than I thought, but.