Global Post manages to interview a member of Assad's army. Fascinating, disturbing, very very interesting. Perhaps most interesting to me was the breakdown of how hierarchy operates in the Syrian army.
Author: Erik Loomis
This week, I'd like to highlight a recent discovery, Native American Netroots. This superb blog mostly consists of lengthy posts on Native American history which are well-written and enjoyable to.
While one can argue that there are several good songs about July 4, there's no question that Dave Alvin's "Fourth of July" is the clear best. And by no question,.
Edward Copeland with an absolutely fantastic discussion of Hitchcock's superb Strangers on a Train, especially Robert Walker's titanic work as the uber-creepy Bruno. Copeland concludes: Finally, there's the climax on the merry-go-round, one of the most exciting Hitchcock filmed, but there's a moment many might...
In a post where there's only a 99% chance he borrowed the link from me without giving credit, Yglesias comments on the same Guardian post on indigenous education in Oaxaca.
Oh South Carolina, have you ever elected decent politicians? I will try to counter one clear criticism of this list. I know that there are a few state-level people who.
Building on the discussion of indigenous poverty in Oaxaca from a couple of days ago is this Guardian piece on indigenous children not going to school in rural Oaxaca, thus plunging deeper into a never-ending cycle of poverty exacerbated by the global economy. Elena Gonzales...
Neil Genzlinger has a thought provoking piece on the dark side of Ellis Island and American immigration, which he rightfully says is underplayed at the museum: But there’s another side.
For several decades, labor has flirted with transnational unionism as a way to combat globalization and the loss of jobs in the United States. American unions began showing interest in.
This seems like a small sample size to me, but the scientists say it is statistically significant: The recent CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report indicates that eight cities in the northwest U.S. (Boise ID, Seattle WA, Portland OR, plus the northern California cities of...
The photographer Matt Black has a gallery up at Guernica featuring his photos of the Mixteca, an indigenous region of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. I'd place an example or two.
Despite Andrew Cuomo's admirable push for gay marriage, he is a horrible governor. As a "Democrat," Cuomo has declared war on unions, on the environment, and on everything Democrats theoretically.