How odd that it is Michael Jordan leading the hard-line NBA owners group demanding draconian reductions in players' share of revenue. In 1998, as a player himself, Jordan pointedly told owners that if they couldn't make a profit under the current system, they should sell...
Author: Erik Loomis
Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) who owes 100K in child support yet gets kudos from the Family Research Council for being pro-family!
I was on the Rick Smith Show last night talking about general strikes and Occupy Wall Street and other aspects of class warfare in the past and present. Check it.
When Steve Jobs met with President Obama in 2010, Jobs told the president that he would only get one term: You’re headed for a one-term presidency,” he told Obama at the start of their meeting, insisting that the administration needed to be more business-friendly. As...
A Wisconsin-based mining company is using the Central American Free Trade Agreement to sue the government of El Salvador for closing down a mine because of pollution. The Commerce Group.
On to the Volunteer State. I'd say Tennessee has performed about to an expected level in generating prominent politicians. Its 3 presidents make it seem like it would outperform, but.
Following up on the brilliance of states passing anti-Sharia laws, Congressional Republicans has decided to respond to farcical threats as well. A Republican talking point this year has been that the Environmental Protection Agency wants to regulate dust levels in the wind, arguing this proposal...
Pigs used for the McRib (and at Smithfield Farms more generally) are kept in extra-awful conditions. A 2010 undercover HSUS investigation, however, revealed information altogether to the contrary. HSUS found.
Occupy Oakland asked me to write a document for them about general strikes in American history as they educated themselves about the action they planned for today. Of course, I.
In the hipster world, California's Coachella Valley is known for strange creatures such as Animal Collective and Deer Tick that appear once a year to gigantic crowds of bearded men, women with bangs, and asymmetrical hair on both. But for the rest of the year,...
Historiann has a good post on the problems with teaching the American Revolution: the extreme nationalism of the students on the subject It’s not just that it’s difficult to teach.
Dave Zirin's piece on Tebow's disastrous performance and his aggressive evangelicalism links to this very disturbing 2008 news story of Tim Tebow going to the Philippines to circumcise young boys.