I can see why presidential campaigns would want to approve the quotes the media uses in its stories. I think it is cowardly and awful of the media to allow this to happen. It is another step in the media being willing to serve as...
Author: Erik Loomis
Turning downtown Springfield, Oregon into a Simpsons-themed shopping district actually makes a tiny bit of sense, as cheesy as it would be, considering that downtown Springfield reminds one of a.
Well, I guess this could have the silver lining of getting Noon to the Lower 48 more frequently: Cutting Alaska’s health care costs by sending employees out of state for.
Well this sucks. God may not have made honky tonk angels, but there's a honky tonk angel gone to meet God* *or whatnot
Indiana, the state of Vice-Presidents. I thought about ranking these guys. But why would you bother. 10 fairly important people who range from 2 meh presidents to 4 VPs to.
Both Celeste Holm and Isuzu Yamada (who played Lady MacBeth in Throne of Blood) are no more.
In the rich conservative tradition of declaring Bryce Harper a conservative hero because he plays hard unlike those black Democrats like Jason Heyward, I bring you the brilliant Conservapedia entry on "Overrated Sports Stars." Although please note that given the nature of the website, it...
The following is a guest post by Colin Snider of Americas South and North. While the US media is understandably focused on its own presidential elections this year, they are.
You people and your demands for me to continue this series. When I was at Netroots Nation, I had several people, including Dave Dayen from Firedoglake, come up to me.
The Times hosted a "Room for Debate" about forest fires. They address it in a silly way, asking "Does the Government Cause or Prevent Wildfires?" Um, both? Also, wrong question. The fundamental problem is that wealthy people have moved to the forest edge, built large...
Bill Moyers, Bill Fletcher, and Stephen Lerner talking about the decline of labor unions [link fixed]--you know this is going to be like 1000% more insightful than your average cable.
To build slightly on Scott's post, let me recommend Lindsay Beyerstein's excellent piece today decrying those who use Jenny McCarthy's nude modeling as a reason to dismiss her crazy anti-vaccine.