On Saturday, I had a 14 hour flight from Singapore to Vancouver and so that was a 5 movie flight. Mostly, I watched some old favorites. Air Canada has an amazing number of films to stream, which was great. But I was curious--how would The...
Author: Erik Loomis
A lot of liberals want to say that what is happening with ICE and the return of imperialism and the use of government forces against protestors isn't what America truly.
I was somewhat bemused by the responses to Dave Weigel and then Rob's post about that that effectively argued it was outrageous to even consider the political implications of Trump.
I have no patience with anarcho-left bullshit. That's as true of the kind of thing David Graeber was pushing in most of his writings as anything else. Someday I am going to write my essay on the perniciousness of James Scott on academia over the...
Community members clash with ICE, other federal officers, Minneapolis police, and other state officers as officials raid Las Cuatro Milpas in Minneapolis, Minnesota Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Photo by Nicole.
Donald Trump sure continues to pay dividends for the American working class: Figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released earlier this month show that the labor share of the nation鈥檚.
This is the grave of Laurence Olivier. Born in 1907 in Dorking, Surrey, England, Olivier had a somewhat unusual entrance into being one of the greatest actors to ever live, or at least be filmed. So often, when I write these posts, there's a story...
This is the grave of Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth. Born in 1802 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Wyeth went into the ice industry as a young man. It was more lucrative than you.
On January 18, 1913, teachers in New York City held the first meeting of what would become the Teachers League in New York. This would spur the creation of the.
This is the grave of Alva Belmont. Born in 1853 in Mobile, Alabama, Alva Smith came from the white elite South, which meant massive numbers of slaves. Her family had a lot of southern politicians and merchants in it and all the money came from...
A waiter sets up a table in the outdoor dining area on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in which Gov. Gavin Newsom, who later called it a "bad mistake," attended a.
Destroying global energy and water supplies and driving electricity costs through the roof so that students can cheat on papers and companies can lay off workers does not prove to.