And now I know the answer thanks to Roscoe Bartlett, a Republican congressman representing Maryland's 6th District: "Not that it’s not a good idea to give students loans; it certainly is a good idea to give them loans," Bartlett said. "But if you can ignore...
Author: Erik Loomis
Also known as my latest Alternet piece. In part: At first, Americans did not protest much against the end of the income tax, but with skyrocketing income inequality of the.
This fall, I am teaching graduate students for the first time. I am teaching our senior capstone course, which graduate students can sign up for. My course in on the.
Although I do not have children, when I was integrated into the gigantic family of my in-laws, I was exposed to the American Girl Doll phenomenon. The dolls' little historical stories interested and amused me. They are also open to quality parody. See American Literature...
I am agnostic on the Bully Pulpit debate we frequently have on the blog. I think both Scott and those who disagree with him make good points. So I don't.
I'm not sure that this study is as scientific as its authors claim, but this piece on how baseball commentators use code words to describe players based upon race suggests.
Paul Ryan's unwillingness to accept money from the government he routinely attacks shows just what a principled leader he truly is: Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan is barnstorming the country, promising to repeal every provision of the Affordable Care Act if the Romney-Ryan ticket is...
Hopefully, Obama doesn't actually believe his claim that the Republicans will be more willing to compromise if he wins a second term. Because it's almost certainly not true. And the.
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.
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.