This is the grave of Miller Huggins. Born in 1878 in Cincinnati, Huggins grew up pretty middle class. His father ran a grocery store. His son got to go to college, at the University of Cincinnati. In fact, Huggins was going to be a lawyer....
Author: Erik Loomis
This is the grave of Duff Green. Born in 1791 in Woodford County, Kentucky (among our tastiest counties), Green grew up a boy of the frontier. He taught school, fought.
I will have thoughts on that asshole Toby Keith in the next music notes, but I am not waiting to remember a much greater musical figure--Mojo Nixon, who died of.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8d13572 Black History Month is so exciting. I get so many emails from corporate entities talking about how they care about Black History Month. And then nothing ever changes in terms of actually doing something about the persistence of inequality in this country. The problem...
My disdain for Matt Yglesias knows few bounds (the feeling is mutual, I may be the only person he's ever blocked on Twitter). However, as much as it bugs me.
A very good sign from the National Labor Relations Board, where has a regional director has ruled that Dartmouth hoops players are employees and thus are eligible for unionization. A.
As I've stated on several occasions, while the UAW winning that good contract from the Big Three was a huge thing, the future of the union depends on organizing foreign auto and Tesla much more than it does winning good contracts for its current membership....
This might be a bit inside baseball for this crowd, but Mary Kay Henry stepping down as head of SEIU is a big deal, largely because it is so unusual.
This is the future grave of Irwin Winkler. Born in New York in 1931, Winkler grew up in a Jewish immigrant family there. His family lived near Coney Island and.
I need help and you all probably want an open thread to talk about tech stuff, so let's do that. I discovered today that my Itunes purchases of the last two months won't play on my computer and I need help figuring out why. I've...
I hate to do this because I don't want to get Denverite the satisfaction, but there's no question that Jokic is a god among basketball players and now he has.
President Joe Biden is greeted by Shawn Fain, President of the United Auto Workers, as he arrives to speak to a United Auto Workers' political convention, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024,.