I'm really glad the Times is publishing puff pieces detailing how our plutocrats land on their feet, no matter what horrible things they do. Like the first Gilded Age, failure is rewarded handsomely if you are a member of the elite in the second Gilded...
Author: Erik Loomis
Ouch. I do have some optimism for Cleveland, but that map presents a grim picture for the region.
We've been remiss here at not noting the death of the great Shulamith Firestone. Although her life ended up in a sad decline of mental illness and death by cancer,.
Civil War reenactors are, by and large, a depressing lot: Some re-enactors have formed camp bands to play music that soldiers enjoyed hearing around battlefield campfires. The most popular tunes included songs from the minstrel stage. Groups such as the 2nd South Carolina String Band...
On September 2, 1885, white miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming decided to exterminate the town's entire Chinese community. Whites killed at least 28 Chinese miners in the Rock Springs Massacre,.
The great German director has died. If you've never seen The Rabbit Is Me, you are missing out on one of the great movies in the history of cinema.
Does anyone have more information about this? Romney advisers so trusted Mr. Eastwood, 82, that unlike with other speakers, they said they did not conduct rehearsals or insist on a script or communicate guidelines for the style or format of his remarks. For Mr. Eastwood,...
Today starts another glorious run of University of Oregon football. I'm sure I speak for everyone (which means no one but Farley and myself) when I say that the Ducks.
A little inspiration for everyone on the road this Labor Day weekend:
Kevin Drum's piece about the Paul Ryan budget was illustrative not only of how horrible that granny starver is and how much of a professional con artist he is, but also of how the current generation of young(ish) Democrats see priorities. Here is an excerpt:...
1. Old-school manipulation of workers by Murray Energy. Mitt Romney gave a speech at their mine in Beallsville, Ohio earlier this month. Murray closed the mine for the day, docked.
I always thought Clint Eastwood was the genial, George H.W. Bush type of Republican voter. Didn't care much about the social issue stuff, didn't much care to pay taxes, bought.