Glenn Hurowitz has an important piece at Think Progress noting that Obama's decision on whether palm oil should be included in the Renewable Fuel Standard will be the most important decision he makes on climate change this year. He's probably right and I absolutely oppose...
Author: Erik Loomis
Like myself, Charlie Pierce finds himself beating his head against the wall over the inaction of the Democratic National Committee in Wisconsin. Pierce not only unloads on the DNC for.
Principled Tea Partier Curt Schilling: Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling asked Rhode Island for additional help to save his video game company Wednesday, prompting state leaders to consider whether.
It's totally absurd to be thinking about who the Democrats will nominate for the presidency in 2016, yet for politically-minded people, it's almost inevitable. That includes me. I've spent way too much time thinking about the different possibilities and who I would support among them...
On May 16, 1934, a mere week after longshoremen in San Francisco walked off the job and roiled the west coast, truckers in Minneapolis went on strike in an action.
There's been way too many great musicians dying lately. I'm sick of writing these posts.
So today I am attending a game at Fenway for the first time, as I will again watch my Mariners lose on the road. Whenever I see Seattle play on the road, terrible things happen. They get swept in a double header. They get shut...
Glad to see the Chicago Sun-Times is giving noted moron Jenny McCarthy a forum to spread her anti-vaccination idiocy.
1. Chipotle is supposed to be the "good" fast food company. You know, the capitalists that we can look to and say, "Hey, the system can work!" But Chipotle also.
The Democratic National Committee, typically incompetent, clueless and short-sighted.
I spent a bit of time last night looking up statistics on late 19th century baseball players. I was struck by the sheer number of unearned runs allowed. Here's Old.
It's Caro Spring here at LGM. I like Caro, even as I am currently reading about St. Coke of Texas. But I think this post at U.S Intellectual History is.