Month: September 2012
Art Modell, now deceased, was a paragon of our new Gilded Age. Benefiting from a sweetheart lease on a public stadium and from being a parasite on the revenues generated by the city’s oth
To summarize: He once ran a marathon in 90 minutes. And only because he slowed down so he wouldn’t embarrass the rest of the field at the Barcelona Olympics. Has climbed Kilimanjaro and K2 in
Right now I’m watching the Giants play the Cowboys, even though I’m no longer a huge fan of the NFL. Other options currently available on my teevee include Leverage, Burn Notice, Superna
Conservatives have a problem with history. It’s not just that their preferred rhetorical appeals harken back to a Golden Age that only existed on the television shows they watched while their mo
Paul Ryan’s unwillingness to accept money from the government he routinely attacks shows just what a principled leader he truly is: Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan is barnstormi
Evidently, whether you’re “disappointed” with Obama or not depends on the baseline. I do agree that, compared to other actually existing presidents, his record can’t be cons
Paul Ryan’s phony claim that he ran a sub-three hour marathon has gotten a good deal of attention. Another one of his claims regarding his feats of strength and endurance seems similarly dubious
William Souder on the war on Rachel Carson. Amanda Hess on what has and hasn’t changed since women at Newsweek sued their employers for grotesque sexism. Sarah Blustain on motherhood. Ariel Levy
- Well don’t trust your soul to no backwoods southern lawyer
- LGM Film Club, Part 73: You Are On Indian Land
- George Atiyeh
- E Pluribus Something
- Donald Trump with a law degree
- Trump’s COVID catastrophe
- Big 10 Conference: Nothing is more important to us than the welfare of our serfs
- This Day in Labor History: September 16, 2004
- The man who wanted to be on TV
- Apart from that Mrs. Lincoln