This came up in a thread last week, and deserves its own post/thread. One of the more stunning upsets in this year’s election was the election of Kshama Sawant, who identifies as a Socialist, over longtime incumbent Richard Conlin. Conlin is a consummate insider; never a...
It seems a good Monday evening tradition here would be to show a Georges Méliès film. After all, he only directed 553 films, according to IMDB. Plus, their weirdness and.
Are you familiar with MindHut? No? Well, the only thing you need to know about the site is that it features whimsically-painted Stormtrooper masks. Which makes it incredibly relevant. The.
Obviously the real victims here are the white people made to understand that white supremacy is offensive. McAdory High School has issued a public apology for a "Trail of Tears" banner that was held up during a weekend football game versus the Pinson Valley Indians. The...
Apparently the paradigm is lacking a certain proactive strategic dynamism: It is a good story, as well manicured as a college quad during homecoming weekend. But there's a problem: The.
Long-term unemployment? Who cares about long-term unemployment? Things are great! The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index stalled after hitting record highs on Monday as investors.
Got to give it to Wal-Mart--like the Henry Clay Fricks and J.P. Morgans of old, it lays the system of inequality out for everyone to see: A Cleveland Wal-Mart store is holding a food drive — for its own employees. "Please donate food items so associates...
What could possibly go wrong with plunging into full-scale fracking and assuming the petroleum industry will do things the right way? An oil company will pay a $60,000 penalty for.
Last week, there was a major civil rights victory involving the Roberts Court -- a settlement prevented the Roberts Court from gutting the Fair Housing Act. As an addendum, Serwer's.
Last night’s episode of The Walking Dead, “Live Bait,” marks the return of the Governor, the former leader of Woodbury, who led a failed attack against the prison after one of Rick’s people, Michonne, killed the zombie that had once been his daughter. The Governor was...
Annie Lowrey's story on American unemployment is essential, if very depressing, reading: “I’ve been turned down from McDonald’s because I was told I was too articulate,” she says. “I got.
Quiz time: Without looking it up, how many times have position players who were not eventually elected to the Hall of Fame (or who are not named "Bonds, "Sosa," "Rodriguez,".