Turning downtown Springfield, Oregon into a Simpsons-themed shopping district actually makes a tiny bit of sense, as cheesy as it would be, considering that downtown Springfield reminds one of a city like Canton or Schenectady more than Eugene or Portland.
Author: Erik Loomis
Well, I guess this could have the silver lining of getting Noon to the Lower 48 more frequently: Cutting Alaska’s health care costs by sending employees out of state for.
Well this sucks. God may not have made honky tonk angels, but there's a honky tonk angel gone to meet God* *or whatnot
Indiana, the state of Vice-Presidents. I thought about ranking these guys. But why would you bother. 10 fairly important people who range from 2 meh presidents to 4 VPs to some important but not vital senators. Plus Indiana also spawned Garfield creator Jim Davis so...
Both Celeste Holm and Isuzu Yamada (who played Lady MacBeth in Throne of Blood) are no more.
In the rich conservative tradition of declaring Bryce Harper a conservative hero because he plays hard unlike those black Democrats like Jason Heyward, I bring you the brilliant Conservapedia entry.
The following is a guest post by Colin Snider of Americas South and North. While the US media is understandably focused on its own presidential elections this year, they are not the only elections taking place that will have a direct impact on the hemisphere...
You people and your demands for me to continue this series. When I was at Netroots Nation, I had several people, including Dave Dayen from Firedoglake, come up to me.
The Times hosted a "Room for Debate" about forest fires. They address it in a silly way, asking "Does the Government Cause or Prevent Wildfires?" Um, both? Also, wrong question..
Bill Moyers, Bill Fletcher, and Stephen Lerner talking about the decline of labor unions [link fixed]--you know this is going to be like 1000% more insightful than your average cable television news show. A very important excerpt: BILL FLETCHER, JR.: The difficulty in developing and...
To build slightly on Scott's post, let me recommend Lindsay Beyerstein's excellent piece today decrying those who use Jenny McCarthy's nude modeling as a reason to dismiss her crazy anti-vaccine.
On July 11, 1892 striking silver miners in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho blew up the Frisco Mill, a mine building filled with guards, after getting into a firefight with Pinkertons, killing.