On this date in 1937, Chicago police opened fire on strikers in front of the Republic Steel mill, killing 10 workers. Part of the "Little Steel" strike, where smaller steel corporations refused to follow U.S. Steel into signing contracts with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee...
Author: Erik Loomis
The great, wonderful, amazing Doc Watson has passed at the age of 89. Doc's story is well-known to fans of Appalachian music. Blind from infancy, Doc learned to play a.
It's hard to imagine a more hackish book review than what Ira Stoll pulls off at Reason. Reviewing Rich Cohen's new book on the United Fruit Company (this is the.
Connecticut need not worry about Texas trying to steal its nickname. Because the Lone Star state does not care about the Constitution except for its grotesquely expansive view of the 2nd Amendment. In the fall, Sissy Bradford took a public stand -- unpopular with many...
Ruben Navarrette suffers from the condition known as Beltwayitis. It's when pundits and politicians hang out together all the time without ever discussing anything of substance that might get in.
A good day to remember the sacrifice of Union soldiers in the crushing of pro-slavery Confederate treason. Also, see McMurtry: And yes, I know I am embedding songs by a.
It seems that Kin Jong Un is a member of the Farley School of Hats. Looks like I won't be the only one promoting Juche here anymore!!!!
Can we please recall Debbie Wasserman Schultz for total incompetence? “I think, honestly, there aren’t going to be any repercussions,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said in a broad-ranging interview.
Yet another reason why Obama needed to stand up to agribusiness and eliminate child labor on farms. Which of course he did not.
Jon Lovett just completely destroys Lanny Davis in one of the greatest takedowns of 2012. See Lanny got mad because Lovett said this on Twitter after Davis defended Cory Booker: There is too much wrong with Washington to say "So and so represents everything that's...
A pro-coal group placed an ad on Craig's List, offering people $50 to wear a pro-coal t-shirt at a regulatory meeting in Illinois.
Every time I read a piece by Bruni, I can't help but think he would have been the perfect writer for late 19th century New York. Dinner at Delmonico's that.