This is the grave of Charles Dow. Born in 1851 in Sterling, Connecticut, Dow would move to New York and get involved in the financial exchanges growing in that city. In fact, there's no good reason to beat around the bush on this grave post,...
Author: Erik Loomis
I will leave any real discussion of this to Farley, but as I figured, the reason for War Secretary Dumbfuck Wifebeating Racist calling in all the generals is very, very.
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada June 18, 2016. REUTERS/David Becker/Files Those wily jokers!.
This is the grave of Lynda Van Devanter. Born in 1947 in Washington, D.C., Van Devanter grew up in a conservative Catholic household that put a lot of emphasis on the military. So, being perhaps a bit more adventurous than her parents expected or maybe...
Like a lot of people my age, I primarily know Claudia Cardinale from her role as Jill in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, which is in.
This is the grave of Benjamin West. Born in 1738 in Springfield, Pennsylvania, West grew up in modest circumstances. His father ran an inn and did pretty alright, but was.
Like most professors, I have a lot of colleagues from outside the United States. The talk about Trump putting a $100K fee on H-1B visas has focused on tech, but an enormous part of the impact is on universities, who are not going to be...
Amazingly, Kathy Hochul is the least stupid of the leading New York Democrats and came around to endorse Mamdani before Schumer, Jeffries, or Gillibrand. Pretty bad when your instincts are.
I was deeply confused yesterday by the open thread on Kirk's funeral--not by the thread itself of course, but by the evidence from the comments that LGM readers WERE ACTUALLY.
This is the grave of Harry Truman. We don't really need a regular bio of Truman. It would take too long anyway. So let me make just a few points here on issues I'd like to address a bit. First, I'd like to address Truman's...
This is the grave of Aphra Behn. Born in 1640 in Canterbury, Kent, England, we know almost nothing about Behn's childhood, including her pre-married last name. She seems to have.
A few shows in the last eight days--will highlight two today and save one for next week. The more popular show I saw was Wet Leg, in Boston. They have.