Today is the second Out of Sight virtual reading group. Today we’re focused on Chapter 1 – Standing up to Corporate Domination: A Brief History and Chapter 2 – Workplace Catastrophes. Loomis is available to answer your questions so just toss them in the comments. I have one for him (and everyone): If we take […]
Month: January 2016
I know we need another discussion of the relationship between food and authenticity like we need another post about Hillary or Bernie, Which One Will Save America and Which One is Horrible? But I coul
Most people don’t care about labor law. Most people don’t care about union politics or strategies either. That includes most progressives. But there are occasions where the intricate detai
Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided a complicated case about whether the Supreme Court’s 2012 holding that mandatory life without parole applied retroactively to people making federal habeas corpus appeals. The Supreme Court’s retroactive application cases are legally complicated, in part because they’ve always been pragmatic. In Stovall v. Denno, Brennan created a three-point test to […]
Mark Field summarizes the legal situation regarding Ted Cruz’s eligibility to become president. This is a long post, but whether you agree with his conclusion or not, this is the best discussion
Um, Hillary? Hillary Clinton turned in a skillful performance at CNN’s Democratic Town Hall in Iowa on Monday night, deftly answering questions on topics ranging from Benghazi to her personal tr
Media coverage of women’s reproductive issues relies heavily on male voices: “When it comes to stories about abortion and contraception, women’s voices are systematically stifled – as writers and as sources,” said Julie Burton, president of the Women’s Media Center. Burton noted, “In articles about elections and reproductive issues, men’s voices prevail, especially in coverage […]
My latest at the National Interest takes a look at some under-remembered battles of 1916: The centenary commemorations of World War I will undoubtedly concentrate on a trio of well-known battles; Verd
Implement Fetus Fetish Grift Phase II – Request donations to defray legal expenses. A Houston grand jury that was investigating accusations of criminal misconduct against Planned Parenthood on M
Five years ago, someone was paid (probably) to write this: Cam Newton is a sure-fire bust. I am so certain of this that if he is the Panthers’ starting quarterback in 2016, I will buy a Cam Newton jersey and stand in the stadium parking lot in my underwear when the Panthers come to Tampa […]
On the narrow question of his decision to go for it 4th and 1 with 6:03 left, I am here to defend Bill Belichick. This is not to say that Paul is wrong, either; if it were my decision to make I probab
Above: Chief Justice John Roberts Allow me to expand on Scott’s point from earlier about the Supreme Court becoming the postbellum Democratic Party incarnate. I’d say it is further than th