Here we see example #520 of villagers gnashing their teeth and rending their garments when Democratic voters elect real Democrats over the kind of Republican-lite Democrats political elites think they should vote for. Where is the bipartianship? Won't somebody think about the children? Of course,...
Author: Erik Loomis
And you thought I was going to write about Leno.... Sarah Goodyear has a nice piece at the Atlantic about the invention of jaywalking. Essentially, cars were seen as murderous.
I was very happy to see President Obama use the Antiquities Act of 1906 to create Fort Ord National Monument in California, protecting some of the last wild land in.
I've been thinking a lot about Levon Helm and The Band over the past week. A few final thoughts. I've been really impressed with the outpouring of grief for the passing of Levon Helm. While his passage may not have had the pop culture impact...
Colin asks a good question about the so-called Latin American "left." One of the biggest problems here is that, simply put, I don’t buy characterizations of people like Correa, Chavez,.
Big agriculture is going to the mat for what really matters--exploiting child labor. Last year, two teenagers handling a large grain auger had their legs severed while working at the.
Darren Aronofsky is directing a film about Noah and the ark starring Russell Crowe as Noah? Um. Wow. Will the scenes on the boat be very, very slow? Hey look, water!
One of the nation's wealthiest communities, Aspen, Colorado has a complex relationship with the environmental movement and social justice. While a community deeply self-conscious about its own liberal politics, Aspen.
Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, the landmark book connecting pesticide usage with species decline. Carson noted the very real threats of chemicals on humans as well as.
It's just been too long since Republicans created a non-scandal scandal. What I want Chuck Grassley to investigate is not whether Barack Obama brought some Colombian prostitutes to his suite, for all Republicans know he did. Instead, he needs to find out how many Colombian...
Burn in hell.
Yet another ex-NFL player with severe dementia after suffering untold numbers of concussions kills himself.