Edward Rothstein, last seen at LGM deciding that the state of Colorado actually does have history, drops a real stinker today. Rothstein goes to Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, and tells us why it is so much more authentic and real than listening to Native Americans...
Author: Erik Loomis
Updating yesterday's post that used the firing of Teresa Sullivan, president of the University of Virginia, as a jumping off point for thinking about why we think rich people know.
Good music for a Saturday night. Also, Sesame Street!
And you thought a wacko interrupting the president was the most embarrassing thing that would happen to The Daily Caller this week. Not even close. This is quite literally one of the stupidest things I've ever read. Bryce Harper is a conservative hero. The star...
Siva Vaidhyanathan has a good piece at Slate about the absurd firing of University of Virginia president Teresa Sullivan. Despite widespread support from the university community, Sullivan was canned last.
Adam Ozimek says something really stupid: Amidst this conversation, host of PBS’s Democracy Now!, Amy Goodman, repeated a highly misleading talking point, contributing. It’s a claim you’ve probably seen it.
Given the complete dominance of capitalism in early 21st century life, why not turn Karl Marx into a symbol for capitalist excess and the modern exploitation of the working-class through the indebtedness created through a credit economy. Honestly, I kind of really want this.
Republicans in the Michigan Legislature are more than happy to stick government way up a woman's vagina. But if a state legislator Lisa Brown actually says the word "vagina" on.
It's time to restart LGM's War on Vodka. One of the main generals in this war on inferior spirits is the heroic and delicious gin. A new front has opened:.
Jonah Keri with a very nice piece on the apparent end of Vladimir Guerrero's career. My own Vlad memory primarily consists of watching him hit not one but two impossibly long home runs off Jamie Moyer. The last great Expo, though Scott might have something...
Lot of stuff going today. 1. We know that America's plutocrats want to return the nation to the Gilded Age. It turns out that Mexican plutocrats feel the same. Such.
Jamelle Bouie has an excellent article arguing that progressives' dreams of a demographic majority with the rise of the Latino population is a chimera. Progressives have a vision that endless.