This is the grave of Benjamin Roberts. Born in Boston in 1815, Roberts grew up in the small Black middle class of that city at that time. His father was a servant--but about the most successful servant in the country. In fact, in 1827, he...
Author: Erik Loomis
Tonight, we can watch a 1 minute 1939 British Pathé film on how Poland is preparing itself for defense and is a key part of the British-French alliance. Well, about.
President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett stand on the Blue Room Balcony after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the Constitutional Oath to her on the South Lawn of.
One of the most remarkable political stories in my life is the transformation of Ireland from the most church dominated and one of the most conservative nations in western Europe to a secular nation with no time for the world's bullshit. I was in rural...
This is the grave of John Panozzo. Born in 1948 in Chicago, John Panozzo and his twin brother Chuck became super interested in music as kids as they grew up.
We continue our tour of colonization through film footage by looking at this 9 minute 1930s travel piece on Cebu, Philippines, which pretty much consists of lionizing Magellan (who died.
I was very happy to see Big Thief at the MGM at Fenway in Boston this week. I had seen Adrienne Lenker twice before solo, once totally by herself at Big Ears in one of my favorite performances I've ever seen (she had the entire...
ProPublica--always valuable--reminds us that the states have been the laboratories of contemporary fascism and laid the groundwork for so much of the horrors we are now facing on the federal.
Another week, another gigantic pile of chaos in a super fun season. Only in college football does no one want dynasties of any kind and chaos produces ratings and conservation..
This seems like a completely reasonable response by everyday Canadians to tell America that they'll come back when our nation is less of a shithole. It’s been a strange fall in two of New York State’s westernmost counties, Niagara and Erie, on the Canadian border....
It's true that a few unions, most notably the Teamsters but also some of the trades, have embraced Trumpism. That sucks. This gets a lot of attention. Unfortunately, it is.
This is the grave of Henry Raymond. Born in 1820 outside of Lima, New York, Raymond grew up in the educated middle classes of that era, with a family proud.