It's not like we don't already know that the legendary jazz bassist Ron Carter is amazing. But he's also super cool for playing a big role in the American Federation of Musicians attempt to get jazz club owners to pay into a retirement fund for...
Author: Erik Loomis
Alyssa Rosenberg, who is pretty great herself, has been pushing the story of absurd gender disparities at major magazines, noting that, with a few exceptions like Mother Jones, men dominate.
A little French film from circa 1907 to help you have the most pleasant dreams this evening. No nightmares at all to be had tonight. Nope. None.
McArdle outdoes herself in a column entitled (and I swear this is not a parody unless someone hacked the Atlantic site) "Are the Rich Completely Undeserving of Sympathy?" Um, yes. McArdle speaks for those silenced by the leftist conspiracy--rich people with declining Wall Street bonuses...
I'm not so sure Santorum would approve of this sex kit for church-going Polish Catholics: The dice recommends where partners should caress or kiss each other, if they have run.
Rick Santorum: But Mr. Santorum accused “our culture, our education system’’ of falsely “teaching our children that separation of church and state” is mentioned in the Constitution. The Constitution: Congress.
This Frank Rich article on liberal hypocrisy and gay history really annoyed me. Not that Rich is wrong--liberals have not supported gay rights until very recently. But, well, duh? Is anyone questioning that? Am I somehow supposed to be surprised or outraged that Reuben Askew...
It is my contention that we will see bills in the next 5 years that outright ban unionization, even in the private sector. And even I am too pessimistic, we.
Woodrow Wilson's reputation has been torn to shreds in the last ten years. This can go a bit too far; in the end, regardless of his motives, Wilson did sign.
One of the last great postwar European actors has passed. Erland Josephson, star of many of Ingmar Bergman's and Andrei Tarkovsky's later works, died at the age of 88. While partial to Bergman overall, and especially to Scenes from a Marriage, Josephson's first lead role...
David Greenberg with a classic take-down of Chris Matthews' ridiculous new biography of JFK. The whole thing is a must-read, but essentially Greenberg notes that Matthews dreams of an uber-masculine.
David Roberts has an excellent piece up at Grist decrying the disconnect between environmental funders and grassroots organizations. There is a criticism of funders on the left that is so.