This is the grave of Charles Bent. Born in 1799 in Charleston, now West Virginia, Bent was the son of a judge named Silas Bent. The family moved to Missouri after some time in Ohio. Basically, Bent Sr. was a frontier guy and constantly moving...
Author: Erik Loomis
I saw Jason Isbell at the Wang Theater in Boston last week--fancy! This was my 13th Isbell show, briefly putting him alone in 2nd for the most times I've seen.
If there's one thing you know about the Republican Party and its unnecessary wars in the Middle East, it's that urging the Kurds to rise up never leads to negative.
This is the grave of James E. Webb. Born in 1906 in Tally Ho, North Carolina (what a name!), Webb grew up pretty well off. His father was county superintendent of schools, segregated of course. He went to the University of North Carolina, graduating in...
Madeline Anderson's 1960 film Integration Report No. 1 is a solid film reviewing that moment in the civil rights movement. Some of it is stuff you remember and some of.
Back in 1976, the New York Times profiled the Colonel himself, Harland Sanders, as he was furious that he had been sidelined from Kentucky Fried Chicken by whoever he had.
Well, I guess he hasn't shot any dogs, but Markwayne is a class act all the way. A former House Republican lawmaker alleged that Sen Markwayne Mullin put his finger in sleeping lawmakers’ noses – and took pictures of himself doing it. Ex Rep David Trott and...
The future of the Republican Party is in good hands! It only took three weeks for a group chat for conservative students at Florida International University (FIU) to become a place where.
The Times had a very useful conversation between Opinion Editor John Guida (who is responsible for publishing my 4 Times op-eds so obviously I'm a fan) and Texas Monthly contributing.
Donald Trump killed Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida; Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota; and Spc. Declan J. Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, lowa....
I discussed the evolution of former Oregon congresswoman and now Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer a couple of weeks ago. She's amazing, just leaning all in. The New Republic has.
Following Governor Ron DeSantis' higher education reform proposal, recently appointed New College of Florida trustee Christopher Rufo speaks about changes that need to be made at the state-run liberal arts.