So I am getting more than a bit sick and tired of poorly contextualized ruminations on the ruin landscape of Detroit. Some of this art and writing is interesting enough on its own. Marc Binelli's piece for instance is alright and does sort of get...
Author: Erik Loomis
The other day, Scott mentioned the absurd yet pervasive idea that Karl Rove is a political supergenius. Particularly bizarre to me is the idea that he played an important role.
Tom Philpott's essay on how the pork industry serves as an economic negative to the Iowa communities in which factory farms are concentrated is quite interesting. In short, since 1982,.
Josh Eidelson has an interesting interview with AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka about the aftermath of the election. Labor did pretty well in the election, outside of the failed Michigan referendum to enshrine collective bargaining rights in the state constitution. The question is whether it will...
Here's Tom Russell providing something a bit more meaningful than the cheap patriotism we usually see on this day (and have seen all day from the NFL).
Arizona is a national joke. Say what you will about whatever southern state you don't like, Arizona matches them all for extremism, hate, and corruption. Have to give it credit.
Philip Roth, the greatest American writer of his era, claims to have retired. In the end, this might be a good thing, assuming he really retires. While his 90s and early 2000s resurgence was brilliant, his last novels were, uh, not very good. I had...
Alyssa Rosenberg leads us to discussions of a Casablanca sequel: The New York Post is reporting that there's some momentum behind a decades-old script treatment for a follow-up by one.
Exhibit A: Florida Exhibit B: Ohio
My new favorite post-election reaction goes to Robert E. Murray, CEO of Murray Energy. He sent this prayer to America out to his workers, followed by his view of the nation's future: Dear Lord: The American people have made their choice. They have decided that...
Barack Obama won Cuban-Americans in Florida, 49-47.
What a night. I'll have a full post about this later today, but the success of the marriage equality ballot measures in Maryland, Washington, and Maine and the rejection of.