This is the grave of Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas. Born in 1874 in Pittsburgh into a pretty wealthy Jewish family, Stein spent a year in Europe as a youngster and then her father became the head of
Rather than talk explicitly about a brewery this week, although I will do that a bit at the end, I wanted to link to this discussion of 5 beer menu rules that all good bars/breweries should ascribe to
To quote June Carter, it’s hotter than a pepper sprout out there, at least in much of the country. And yet, I still need to eat. Other than eating a huge chunk of Limberger to make everyone with
Shorter Amy Chua: whatever you think Brett Kavanaugh’s jurisprudence and how it will affect people’s lives as he accepts a life-tenured position with literally life-or-death consequences,
1. “Implying any kind of partisan motive to Wikileaks’s actions during the 2016 campaign is outrageous.” "imposing shallow partisan goals on Assange is so inane" pic.twitte
It’s a fair cop. The Justice Department announced indictments against 12 Russian nationals as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 e
Given that the government is reopening the investigation into Emmett Till’s lynching, it’s worth thinking about lynching a little bit. Mostly, when we think about lynching, we think about
The Bhopal disaster was one of the worst in industrial history. I’ve written about it here and discussed it at some length in Out of Sight. The thing about a disaster like this is that it doesn&