The new Oregon football facility. I think we will all agree that it is reasonable, at least for a team as awesome as the Ducks.
Author: Erik Loomis
On August 1, 1917, Frank Little, a veteran IWW organizer, was dragged out of his hotel in Butte, Montana by company thugs and lynched. His murder, one of the most.
Black lung is returning with force to the miners of Appalachia. Coal companies have fought against meaningful reforms (or even recognizing it exists) for over a century, and longer if.
In Carson, California, Shell Oil used to have an oil tank farm. Then, thanks to America's lax environmental regulatory state, a housing development was built on top of it when Shell no longer needed it. Shell claims the land is safe and they have no...
Conservatives in Kentucky are very angry. After all, the state might adopt scientific standards that teach actual science instead of Christian mythology. The responses are quite rational: Matt Singleton, a.
In just about the only good thing for progressives in this year's horror film of state legislation, all 11 ag-gag bills were defeated. Attempts by agribusiness to criminalize anyone taking.
Overseas, quite decisively. The above chart measures percentage growth in employment from U.S. multinational corporations both in the U.S. and abroad. Worldwide employment by U.S. multinational companies (MNCs) increased 1.5 percent in 2011 to 34.5 million workers, with the increase primarily reflecting increases abroad. In...
An outstanding obituary of the great Dennis Farina by Alex Pappademas. Farina is one of those people who had a fairly minor career in the big scheme of things, but.
I think it's time we draw a line in the sand on hipsterdom. This, from the Oregon Brewers Festival: Perhaps you’ve heard the tale already. Rogue Ales brewmaster John Maier.
Since SEK got so many good tips on his travel post, let me ask you all for some advice. Later this week, I have a 5 hour layover in San Francisco. After taking BART from the airport and needing to get back with enough time...
What a surprise that those supposedly "measuring" school success change their data for political convenience. Former Indiana and current Florida schools chief Tony Bennett built his national star by promising.
The Richmond Daily Dispatch, July 29, 1863, arguing that God would not allow the South to become like Mexico: The convulsion which is to cause a permanent disruption of the.