An interesting but flawed and limited take on a phenomenon I've long been fascinated with. I've met a few such people, over the years, and they've suggested to me the ranks of clergy who fit that description are far greater than anyone realizes. Clergy have...
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Here's something not to be thankful for in American history: treason in defense of slavery. Rebecca Onion has a review of what looks to be a very interesting new book.
Obligatory Calvin Trillin link, supplemented by a Kosher version. But whether you have turkey or choose something that tastes good instead, happy Thanksgiving! Also, I'll have more on this later.
Let's learn a bit the lovely people we are remembering today: On May 26, 1637, a Puritan force fortified by Native allies massacred a Pequot fort in Connecticut, killing as many as 500 men, women and children and burning the village to the ground. ......
Coca-Cola is dealing with lagging soda sales by investing in moo juice: With soda sales sagging, Coca-Cola is moving into the dairy business. It plans to offer milk with some.
More on the legal process in the killing of Michael Brown. A host of psychological factors make eyewitness testimony far from reliable. . .The easiest way to sum up those.
Last year, Whole Foods was one of many companies to force employees to work on Thanksgiving. The employees were very angry about this and seven went on strike at a store in Chicago. In response to the negative publicity, Whole Foods stores in the Midwest...
Shorter Verbatim Kathleen Parker: "Whatever the truth about Cosby, due process has been the victim of what Clarence Thomas once called a high-tech lynching." If you think that this was.
Charged with four counts of sexual assault. Ghomsehi's behavior after getting fired -- and, for that matter, during the process of getting fired -- reminds me of an early episode.
(Title is a bit off because there's nothing much about immigration here, but I started the series with "I" and III will return to a substantive discussion of immigration, and this belongs in the series). Russell Arben Fox has written a thoughtful reply to my...
Researching the labor history post on the Black Codes, I ran across this tidbit from historian David Oshinsky: Nugent was among the lucky ones: he came back alive. More than.
This is a guest post from Meredith Heller (The Saucy Scholar) The term “riots” is racist. Yes, this is about Ferguson. Last night, our fair-and-just judicial system decided that a.