Author: Erik Loomis
This is the grave of Samuel Colt. Born in 1814 in Hartford, Colt grew up in a middling family. His grandfather was a major in the Continental Army and his father was a farmer who moved to the city to
Since the demise of American involvement in the Trans Pacific Partnership, we haven’t talked a ton around here about the problems with Investor State Dispute Settlement courts. In short, this is

I wanted to highlight this Joy Ellison (who so happens to be joining the faculty at URI this fall and thus will be my colleague) piece on the Jane Collective. One of the things we need to be doing is
This is the grave of Thomas Moss. Thomas Moss was born into slavery in Mississippi in 1853. Like many Black people after slavery, he headed north to Memphis, where he started to find his own way. He b

This is good. We need more of it. Even weeks later — this unfolded in May in Strasbourg, France — the two activists are still giddy about that confrontation. Ms. Lasota and Ms. Jedroszkowiak have
We may need this: But Franklin’s choice to get Tennent’s pamphlet into the hands of readers all over the colonies meant that anyone learning to read, write, and calculate with his book would also

When I had my horse grave post the other day, someone mentioned Morris the Cat. I looked and saw he was just buried in his owner’s backyard. But then I read up on Morris and….wow he was a
Now THIS is what you call saying the quiet parts loud! A Republican lawmaker called the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the nationwide right to abortion established nearly 50 years ago in Roe v
- The libertarians!
- USA! USA! USA!
- The imaginary martyrdoms of the right wing: an infinite series
- Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,138
- “If ‘freedom’ coerces you into living a particular way that others have determined ‘correct,’ well that is a highly conditional freedom indeed:” A Discussion With Music Critic and Author David Cantwell about Manly Footwear, Fightin’ Sides and Listening to Merle Haggard
- Can’t let go
- The Pandemic Is Not Over
- American “pro-lifers” refuse to defend what they actually support
- A Question For Our Attorneys
- Abuser logic to defend child abuse