Chris Marker, one of the world's greatest living filmmakers, died today. Best known for his science fiction short La Jetée, in my view the greatest science fiction film ever made*, Marker really should be known as an experimental creator of political films, most notably his...
Author: Erik Loomis
So SEK put me in an unusual position in his post on so-called "Social Darwinism." My professional persona is very interested in his arguments. SEK present a compelling argument, at.
I guess Bryan Caplan isn't the only member of the plutocracy channeling Gilded Age Social Darwinism. See Mitt Romney speaking about the differences between Israelis and Palestinians today. Noting the.
Who knew that Humpty Dumpty was the secret Koch Brother? A fantastic class war film from 1936 by the great Dave Fleischer.
Bryan Caplan is a terrible person. Now you might say that I am too mean to the Koch-funded George Mason economist. After all, he might not beat his dog. But.
On this date in 1970, the United Farm Workers achieved its greatest victory, ending its five-year grape boycott after growers agreed to a contract, the first in the history of.
Atrios gets at fundamentals: It isn't quite as extreme, but there are a lot of similarities between now and the Iraq debate. All of the Cool Kids know how fucking right austerity is, and are condescending to all of the silly children who think they're...
SEK can talk about current films that make billions of dollars all he wants to; readers of LGM know that the movies that really matter are the ones I like..
The definition of bravery is a worker who organizes a union or speaks out about bad conditions in the workplace. That's because companies come down like a ton of bricks.
In discussing Hyatt Hotels heir Penny Pritzker's support of Obama while UNITE-HERE has called for a boycott because of the terrible way the chain treats its housekeepers, it's worth pointing out Pritzker's other recent activities--attacking teacher unions. Pritzker has been right there with Rahm Emanuel...
Ancient graffiti more or less proves that humor hasn't changed much in thousands of years. Now we just have to discover the Roman Jerry Seinfeld.
Evidently, the recently deceased Sherman Hemsley cut an album with Jon Anderson of Yes. Although this makes little sense on multiple levels, there are many accounts that state it to.