This is the grave of William Rand. Born in 1828 in Quincy, Massachusetts, Rand grew up in a religious household. His father was a minister. He grew up in the town of East Milton and he went to the local schools, pretty normal childhood. His...
Author: Erik Loomis
If there's one thing Donald Trump believes in, it's rich people breaking the law and getting away with it: Trump administration officials earlier this year killed a federal criminal investigation.
I am spending the next six weeks in Argentina and Chile, theoretically learning Spanish, more likely sounding like an asshole to my teachers and fellow students. Prepare accordingly for posts.
This is the grave of Stephen Vincent Benét. Born in 1898 in Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, Benét grew up pretty well off. His grandfather was a brigadier general in the Civil War and his uncle invented the Hotchkiss machine gun. But the military was not going...
I've not spoken about the Platner issue for two reasons. First, if you don't know about Maine, you are talking out of your ass. I know a little bit about.
This is the grave of George Edmunds. Born in 1828 in Richmond, Vermont, Edmunds grew up in pretty good circumstances, went to the local schools, read for the law, and.
Greg Bovino points at an observer in Minneapolis as he stands with the Border Patrol BORTAC unit outside a South Minneapolis gas station on January 21, 2026. Greg Bovino is talking about running for the Republican nomination in 28 on a platform of mass deportation...
Jeff Bezos is serving Master Trump because Trump gives him free reign to do what he wants to his workforce. For Amazon, this “Who’s the boss?” arrangement offers a liability shield against.
This is the grave of Christy Mathewson. Born in 1880 in Factoryville, Pennsylvania...ok wait a minute. Factoryville? Let's just say that was a naming of ambition rather than reality. The.
On, June 7, 1912, Boston Elevated Railway workers called a strike. But the company had a secret force--Harvard students. Harvard men were more than happy to be hired thugs to break this strike in an act of class solidarity we rarely see from the working...
Bob Packwood is dead. While his name became a joke of 1990s politics due to his serial sexual harassment and his resignation from the Senate due to that behavior, he.
This is the grave of John and Eunice Johnson. Born in 1918 in Arkansas City, Arkansas, John Johnson grew up poor, like so many black Americans. His father worked as.