David Brooks is very concerned that adults might be smoking marijuana. Please make note of it. Also note that David Brooks claims to have smoked marijuana in the past. Judge for yourself whether you think that's likely or not.
Author: Erik Loomis
On January 1, 1892, Ellis Island opened to process the millions of immigrants entering New York. Although certainly not only entry point for immigrants, it was the primary location where.
Is there an industry as profoundly immoral as the apparel industry, where rich people in rich countries can create a production process where poor people in poor countries die and.
I'm not too big on the idea of hero, but there is something about the person persecuted for making others' lives better that gets to me. One of the greats passed away yesterday. Dr. Kenneth Edelin, absurdly convicted in 1975 of manslaughter for conducting an...
In yesterday's post on the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, Joe B in comments pointed us out to the official MSHA statistics on mine deaths between 1900 and.
Even if we agree that Irish whiskey is not the equivalent of that made in Scotland or Kentucky, it's still usually worth drinking and you are probably consuming more than.
Since science is the province of hippies and queers, Republicans have decided evolution is a hoax against Jesus or something. Over the last four years, the percentage of Democrats who said they believe in evolution has risen by three points, from 64 percent to 67...
The plastisphere, a new ecological regime of the oceans defined by humans dumping plastic into the oceans, has the potential to dramatically remake water life. About 245 million tons of.
On December 30, 1969, Richard Nixon signed the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act into law. The first comprehensive legislation in American history to protect the lives of coal.
Chip Kelly is pretty much my favorite coach in football history. This is his essence in 5 seconds. Incidentally, 5 seconds was also the average time of possession in an Oregon scoring drive during his time with the Ducks. Let this be your Week 17...
123 years ago today, on December 29, 1890, the United States Army massacred between 150 and 300 Lakota at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, effectively ending the active military engagements of.
Jamie Dimon's Christmas card basically sums up the New Gilded Age. You'd also think for all that money Dimon could at least afford the proper number of buttons on his.