On the latest LGM podcast Paul and I sat down with Friend of the Blog Dean Spears to talk about he and Michael Geruso's book, After the Spike. Paul and I each had some thoughts on the subject and Dean was good enough to send along...
Life In Hell, Matt Groening, 1977-2012Source: https://beforeikick.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/lifeinhell.jpg?w=296 Karen Attiah just announced that she was dismissed from The Washington Post. As she writes at her Substack: As the founding Global Opinions.
Another day, another story about red state voters shooting themselves in their economic face : As House Agriculture Chair G.T. Thompson prepares to introduce legislation aimed at easing the farm labor crisis,.
Jeff Bezos's Washington Post fired longtime columnist Karen Attiah over the weekend. Per Attiah: The Post accused my measured Bluesky posts of being "unacceptable”, “gross misconduct” and of endangering the physical safety of colleagues — charges without evidence, which I reject completely as false. They rushed...
I mean we wouldn't want anybody in a position of any prominence to advocate overthrowing the duly elected government of the United States, would we? The next thing you know.
This is the grave of George Cruikshank. Born in 1792 in London, Cruikshank grew up in a family of caricaturists. Interesting family business. But his father drew cartoons and images.
There is a lesson to be learned here: Let's say it again: 1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off. 2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off. It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at...
Image by Peter H from Pixabay I’ve been saying it for a while on social media. Project 2025 has within it the seeds of its own destruction. The theme throughout is “Fire all.
The most-talked about NFL-related writing of the season is this three-part breakdown of the Caleb Williams Experience: Highlight reels failed to capture his signature move as a professional quarterback. Cameras.
For those of us trying to get a grip on what Charlie Kirk meant to the various factions of the Right, Tanner Greer's essay is quite helpful: Charlie Kirk was not just a piece of internet bombast; his main field of action, in fact, was not...
Here's a story from the Before Time (April), when it was still legal to print the truth about Charlie Kirk, from Baptist News Global. It traces how Kirk and his.
This is the grave of Manning Marable. Born in Dayton, Ohio in 1950, Marable came out of the Black activist-intellectual class based in that area since the 19th century. His.