Cecil Taylor, one of the greatest artists and musicians to ever walk the planet, has died. The Times has a really great, comprehensive overview of his life.
Month: April 2018
Alfred E. Nueman’s pervy younger brother will resign early. The decision marks the capstone of a tumultuous few months for the four-term congressman, who has been dogged by sexual harassment all
Donald Trump, Principled Non-Interventionist (TM): Trump’s words, both in public and private, describe a view that wars should be brutal and swift, waged with overwhelming firepower and, in some cas
In Virginia, Northam and co are apparently close to a deal that would give 400,000 access to health care through Medicaid expansion: Virginia state Sen. Frank Wagner (Virginia Beach) said he supports allowing more poor people to enroll in the federal-state healthcare program on two conditions. He wants the plan structured so that Medicaid recipients […]
Right-wing nutcase Roseanne Barr has a hit new — or “new” — TV show because America 2018: Last week Roseanne Barr — who, with the hit reboot of her show, has become one of
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On April 6, 1712, a group of slaves gathered in Manhattan, setting fire to a building on Maiden Lane, near Broadway. When whites gathered to put out the fire, the slaves attacked with hatchets, guns, and swords. This brief incident of violence as the New York Slave Revolt of 1712, one of the earliest slave […]
Elizabeth Bruenig’s column in the Washington Post yesterday is strange. At the heart of it is an analogy to help us make sense of advertisers abandoning Laura Ingraham’s show in light of her taunt
Scott Pruitt, ladies and gentlemen: Several weeks after taking the helm of the Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator Scott Pruitt was running late and stuck in Washington, D.C., traffic. Sour
This is an excellent piece uncovering the identity of this man: There was no mistaking Ricky Vaughn’s influence. He had tens of thousands of followers, and his talent for blending far-right propaganda with conservative messages on Twitter made him a key disseminator of extremist views to Republican voters and a central figure in the “alt-right” […]
Unless you want to wind up looking like an utter tool.
Thanks to Erik for posting the piece I wrote for TIME that came out yesterday. I have another one with TIME today where I talk some about what being in Memphis yesterday was like. For anyone who&#