There are a depressing number of howlers in Thomas Frank's interview with Adolph Reed. Much of the content repeats arguments made in his earlier pieces, so I won't add to what to what I've already written. But Reed's defense of Nader does not get off...
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The Real Management™ wrote this article it thinks you would enjoy. Now it is off to write about the True Detective finale, as well as finish editing -- and.
I wouldn't exactly call myself a fan of spoken word performance art. I am however a fan of grassroots protests against Rahm Emanuel and his policies of making the poor.
I suppose tonight's all-nighter pulled by Senate Democrats on climate change is a good thing but it also shows the limits of political theater because really, who cares. Which is a good argument as well against spoken filibusters. Everyone just waits for them to be...
Lydia DePillis has a typically great story on conditions within the Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. Nissan now subcontracts a majority of its employees. Those employees make half as much.
I know nothing about aviation, but how is it possible in this day and age for a huge commercial jetliner to disappear over a very heavily trafficked body of water.
Allow me to recommend this excellent new site on which Democrats in Congress should be challenged in a primary for performing below what we should expect of someone from that district. You can search by district. Color codes should be more stark, but that's a...
There's an interesting discussion going on in comments here about electoral reform measures. I certainly support instant runoff voting or a similar procedure that would prevent irrational results in multy-party.
Today, the 21st anniversary of the assassination of Dr. David Gunn by anti-choice terrorists, is National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. Remember these heroes for women's rights on this.
With respect to the Senate's disgraceful rejection of Debo Adegbile, brother Pierce raises a good point: Among the seven cowards, Pryor, Coons and Walsh are up for election this fall, and Coons's seat is as safe as it can possibly be, The other four don't...
Who is the bigger asshole? The person I wrote about in this story (about which I'm providing no information) Or the person I wrote about in this story (about which.
Seeing Ralph Nader's unrequited letters of self--love, one might be tempted to think that he's merely a bitter old man. Sadly, this kind of thing goes back a long way:.