I've talked about this issue before a couple of times, so I'm really glad to see the New York Times report on the awful environmental impact of unregulated marijuana production in northern California. The animal, a Pacific fisher, had been poisoned by an anticoagulant in...
Author: Erik Loomis
On June 21, 1877, ten alleged members of the Molly Maguires, an Irish secret society blamed for labor radicalism in the anthracite country of Pennsylvania, were executed. The Molly Maguires.
Major bummer that the Worldport at JFK is going to be demolished. I suppose it was pretty well inevitable given the space considerations at the airport, but it's a pretty.
While this piece is perhaps a bit too condescending to middle-aged homeowners, it does get at a very real problem. The entire structure of the postwar housing market is extremely shaky. Not only the larger financial issues and housing bubbles creating by profiteering. There's also...
West Virginia turns 150 today. Forged in the rejection of treason in defense of slavery, the state developed into a medieval fiefdom of the coal industry with much of the.
In case you don't already know, today is National Martini Day. I assume you are celebrating appropriately. That not only means that you are drinking a martini, but that the.
Evidently, the New York Times now publishes political narratives that would make Politico blush. Because this John Harwood piece makes the argument that Obama's problems in states with old, white, rural populations is that he never visits them. Seriously. So Mr. Obama has not given...
Not many country artists left from that generation.
Paula Deen, a racist wistfully desiring black slaves.
A good bit of the left-wing criticism of President Obama partially misses the mark because it assumes a unilateral presidency where presidents can do what they want. On the other hand, there's plenty for progressives to criticize about Obama, particularly in his choice of appointments....
Pierce on Politico's latest attack on Nate Silver and crazy things like "math" and "standards of evidence." Bonus points for Jim Nabors reference.
An outstanding collection of old Dutch work safety posters. Of course I liked the timber mill one from 1940 best.