On this day in 1998, Lucinda Williams released Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, one of the greatest albums ever made. It was the cap on a wonderful early career. She was already middle-aged by this time,
It’s really hard not to be uncomfortably numb about this, but the President of the United States just tells baldfaced, easily falsifiable lies all the time: On left: just nowOn right: 3 days ago
Dave Eggers’ opinion column in the New York Times is getting a lot of attention this morning and I understand why. I’d never given much thought to the idea that Trump is empty shell of a m
The historian Thomas Sugrue notes how “civility” has long been used by conservative forces against people of color and bemoans how even Democratic Party leaders fall into the trap of promo
I had an exchange with a friend earlier today. They suggested that NATO’s case of the Trumps is terminal. I disagreed, but suggested that a Trump victory in 2020 might very well render NATO larg
Putin was essentially the biggest finder of Brexit: Arron Banks, a British financier who bankrolled the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union, has long bragged about his “boozy six-hour l
Gawd: Well, fair enough — as Garry Wills says, riding people out of town on a rail is as “American” as declaring inalienable rights. Before I get to my point, let’s remember ab
Why go: Perhaps you are in Worcester to do research at the American Antiquarian Society. Or perhaps you like a historical downtown completely blasted by urban renewal that it hasn’t recovered fr