Today is Victory Day, a Rhode Island state holiday. The only state to celebrate the day, it commemorates the victory over Japan in World War II. It is a state holiday only, meaning that the university is closed, but the post office is still open....
Author: Erik Loomis
Mark Hatfield has died at the age of 89. Remember when the Republican Party wasn't completely crazy? I know, it seems like a mythical past to me too, one replete.
At Alternet, Tara Lohan has a really interesting long interview with radical environmentalists Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith, and Aric McBay, who have published a new book where they call for.
Obama has called for a (pretty low-level) jobs program that would essentially provide preferential hiring for veterans through tax breaks for businesses. Normally I am opposed to the fetishization of the military. No, just because you are in the military does not make you a...
A great piece on the wonderful Robert Ryan, one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood history. I was actually thinking of writing a series of posts on Ryan myself,.
During this long move, I've passed some of the time by listening to baseball games on the radio. On Sunday, during the longest portion of the drive, I was motoring.
That would totally blow Glenn Beck's mind.
I have a piece at Alternet on the new proposal issued by the Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation and the United Steelworkers. Entitled "A Vision for Economic.
So I've spent the last few days moving to Providence. It'll be a few more before blogging is back to normal. As I presently have internet access, I need some.
North Carolina has probably underperformed in producing politicians of stature more than any other state. The South is full of powerful senators, representatives, and cabinet members. Not North Carolina. As best as I can figure out, it has never produced a president, VP, Secretary of...
The White House and the major automakers have come to a deal that would raise auto efficiency requirements to as high as 54 mpg by 2025. The automakers were not.
In case we needed a reminder of domestic, right-wing "Christian" terrorism, a wacko tossed a Molotov cocktail at a Planned Parenthood clinic in McKinney. Texas yesterday. In other news, the.