In case we needed a reminder of domestic, right-wing "Christian" terrorism, a wacko tossed a Molotov cocktail at a Planned Parenthood clinic in McKinney. Texas yesterday. In other news, the Dallas suburbs are awful. Appropriately (or inappropriately), the linked webpage is sponsored by an upcoming...
Author: Erik Loomis
Where will Senator Geary sit on the list of Nevada's Most Prominent Politicians?
Timothy Burke wonders if Obama isn't the next James Buchanan: The basic error was that Buchanan approached American politics in procedural or legal terms at a moment when the reigning.
In the comments to the post on moving American politics to the left, a number of people have talked about the value of 3rd parties in turning the main 2 parties to your position. I am skeptical and I think that a cursory look at...
Yglesias correctly notes the real way to move American politics to the left: If you want to move US public policy to the left, what you have to do is.
Since writing at LGM, I’ve focused pretty heavily on labor issues over my other field of expertise—environmental issues. There’s a good reason for that and there's a less good reason..
A lot of interesting labor stories out there right now: 1. Sarah Jaffe has an excellent piece on unemployment at Alternet. Unlike all too many (almost all) reports on the unemployed, she actually focuses on people who are unemployed, gathering their stories with a particular...
This is just outrageous: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed legislation that officially classifies beer as alcohol in Russia. The new law will allow controls on the sale of beer.
This is awesome: C. The HPT Meeting. Around the Pentagon, HPT stands for “high-payoff target,” and that’s exactly what you’re aiming for, so use this tactic sparingly. Here, HPT is.
In a rare piece of sensible legislation coming out of California, rural homeowners who rely on state firefighters for basic fire services will have to pay a $150 annual fee. This makes a tremendous amount of sense, even if California was not suffering through its...
Excellent essay at Only the Cinema on Out of Sight, clearly Soderbergh's best film (though a strong case can be made for The Limey) and one of the most entertaining.
It's possible that some education "reformers" really do care about improving childhood education. But many of them care about union-busting much, much more.