Tarring and feathering has vague connotations of American revolutionaries standing up to Tory oppression or something. Well, here is what tarring and feathering is really like. John Meints, a German-American.
Today's winner for random congressional Republican being a callous jerk during the government shutdown goes to New Mexico's Steve Pearce, for suggesting that furloughed government employees just go get themselves.
Joke from an 1850s quasi-pornographic newspaper: "Why is Ex-President Pierce like the privates of a man? Because he went in Hard and came out Soft." I'm not actually sure what.
I've been out of touch because I'm in Tucson giving papers on logging history/eating burritos/hiking in the desert. I could provide you some links I like. Or I could just.
On October 10, 1917, the red light district of New Orleans, known as Storyville, closed due to the efforts of reformers seeking to eliminate vice from the city. During the.
Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize for Literature. This is a choice with which no one with decent taste in books could disagree. She's deserved it for years. It's also.
You thought the government shutdown wasn't really affecting you? Well, no new beers can come on the market while the government is shut down. Mike Brenner is trying to open.
The National Congress of American Indians recently put out this image in response to those who don't think sports teams with Native American logos are offensive. I understand that people.
