On October 23, 1976, International Woodworkers of America Local 3-101 in Everett, Washington had its monthly union meeting. Big deal, you might be thinking. Locals have meetings all the time and nothing much happens at them. And not a whole lot happened at this lunchtime...
Author: Erik Loomis
Nothing is more likely to guarantee good science than sentencing those who allegedly missed an earthquake prediction to six years in prison.
I'm glad that the entirety of tonight's foreign debate led to one single mention of a Latin American nation. Cuba of course. I heard Fidel Castro may have risen off.
I am not an expert on these issues by any means, but the idea of British courts allowing a lawsuit against the British state by those who suffered during colonialism is fascinating. At the very least, these lawsuits may force modern-day Britain to confront their...
The inevitable cycle of capitalism continues. Small businesses, designed to have tight community values and reject older ways of capitalism, become the next state of centralized big capitalist development. This.
The day after George McGovern's death, we lose another icon of the early 70s left, Russell Means. One of the leaders of the American Indian Movement and one of the.
The loss of George McGovern is a tremendous loss for American liberalism and a time to reflect. Joan Walsh has the definitive obituary. Included is a link to her interview from a couple of years ago with Jefferson Cowie, which reinforces how tremendously damaging George...
As Jamil Smith's piece once again shows, the only voter fraud going on in this country is by white conservatives attempting to intimidate people of color into not voting.
The idea that Latinos are like a ripe mango ready for Republicans to pick (no doubt they would hire people to pick those mangoes--Republicans don't pick fruit) as soon as.
The great saxophonist David S. Ware has passed at the age of 62. I knew he had been sick for a long time. He received a kidney transplant 2 years ago, donated by a fan, which goes to show the devotion of the followers of...
I present you Dilbert creator Scott Adams endorsing Mitt Romney--because he believes Romney will be less harsh in prosecuting marijuana usage than Obama. This gets at the inanity of the.
On the twitters last night, I was wondering when the term "Bolsheviki" declined vis-a-vis "Bolshevik." I assumed it was around 1930 or so. I still have no idea why the.