Interesting Tim Dickinson piece in Rolling Stone about the Obama Administration entering into an all-out war on medical marijuana. Dickinson doesn't provide many answers as to why this has happened, noting the relatively sane policy the administration took in its first 2 years and then...
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This year is the 100th anniversary of the San Diego Free Speech Fight, when I.W.W. speakers were routinely denied their First Amendment rights for speaking in public about workers' rights..
OK, we've hit the big time now.
Thinking about Anthony Comstock and Gilded Age sexuality this week, I was reminded of the woman Comstock destroyed, the fascinating feminist and free-love advocate, Victoria Woodhull. Born Victoria Claflin in Homer, Ohio in 1838, Woodhull became one of the most notorious figures of the Gilded...
This Tyler Cowen nonsense is a classic example of a conservative rhetorical technique that is particularly annoying. I'm not sure what to call it -- the strawman tu quoque? It's.
I am outraged. The Crazy Mountain Brewery in Edwards, Colorado, in the Vail Valley has a new brew. Its title: Lawyers, Guns & Money Barley Wine. The site describes the.
Ta-Nehisi Coates points us to this President's Day question, and also gives us the right answer. I've discussed this before, but Grant is extremely underrated. Teaching the Presidency this semester, I spent some time with my students going over this handy sortable list of presidential...
A little morning deliciousness for you, from 1950 and via the American Gas Association. America's finest food from America's finest era of cooking.
Now this is first-rate commenting.
Karen Santorum, wife of everyone's favorite man, edited a lovely-looking book entitled Everyday Graces: A Child of Good Manners. Forward by Joe Paterno. A child of good manners accepts the abuse he or she is receiving for the sake of Penn St. football.
I'm sick and tired of trying to meet our commentariat's demands for more posts about Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname. To shut you all up about these vital nations, I'm.
Far be it for me, a lowly adjunct so depressed by the market he let his MLA membership lapse, to criticize Michael Bérubé, the current President of the MLA, but his.