I had never read this 1985 Al Stump remembrance of Ty Cobb's last days. This is pretty amazing stuff. But hey, at the least the Hall of Fame is full of only the most upstanding characters, so thank god those modern cheaters doing nothing actually...
Author: Erik Loomis
Disabled workers operate in a complicated space within American labor. Many of them are capable of productive labor that helps make their lives better. Employers probably wouldn't hire them without.
Dead Horse Trail (originally known as White Pass Trail), Alaska, circa 1898.
Rich people concerned about the health of the poor are perplexed: In inner cities and poor rural areas across the country, public health advocates have been working hard to turn around — neighborhoods where fresh produce is scarce, and greasy fast food abounds. In many...
Bringing you only the most important news of the day, here's the first known use of the word "fuck" in the written English language, in its modern spelling. Written by.
We interrupt this regularly scheduled Dead Horses in American History blogging to bring you 1980 in one image: Willie Nelson on a golf course, jingoism, the Cold War, the last.
The point in this New York Times op-ed is a good one--the state of farming in California is highly tenuous. Given that a huge percentage of the fruits and veggies you are eating in the cold, cold month of February come from The Golden State,...
The response of Tennessee Republicans to the UAW organizing campaign with Volkswagen approval in Chattanooga lays bare just how much the Republican Party hates organized labor: A state senator said.
When you think of men and the 19th century, you probably think of beards. Large, ridiculous beards unseen again in American life until the early 21st century. Moreover, the beards.
Wow. Michael Sam, an All-American defensive lineman from Missouri Tigers and the Associated Press' SEC Defensive Player of the Year, said that he is gay in interviews with ESPN's "Outside the Lines" and the New York Times on Sunday. Sam stated publicly what his teammates...
Last night, Oklahoma State's star basketball player Marcus Smart went into the stands and shoved a Texas Tech fan. The initial reaction was typical--Smart's a bad apple, he's blowing his.
The more parents who opt out of making their children go through the pointless and educationally destructive Common Core standardized testing that is the fad of Rheeist politicians of both.