I happen to teach in Rhode Island, but it's not like I have much of a choice, not if I want to stay in my chosen profession. This is the only tenure-track job I was ever offered and there simply aren't jobs in my fields anymore....
Graham Platner grew up as an upper class kid by any reasonable definition -- his father is a lawyer, his mother owns a restaurant, his paternal grandfather was a big.
Janet Mills yields to the obvious: Gov. Janet Mills of Maine, the Democratic establishment’s choice to run for the Senate seat long held by Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, suspended.
Here's (gift link) a really interesting piece of reporting on a very fraught issue: How to deal with one particularly difficult end of life issue that comes up in the late stages of dementia: Although Ms. Lawson had previously expressed her preference not to live with...
This is the grave of Charles Marlatt. Born in 1863 in Atchison, Kansas, Marlatt went to what became Kansas State University, the land grant school for that state. He went.
The ratings at CBS news continue to crater: “This isn’t what a turnaround looks like. This is what a train wreck looks like.” That was how one veteran television executive.
The average price of gas nationwide reached a new high for 2026: $4.23 a gallon. This chart of average national gas prices in 2026 starts January 1, when prices averaged $2.83 a gallon. Through January and February, prices ticked up all the way to $3 a...
I am running behind today because my lecture topic for my American Democracy class today is...the Voting Rights Act, which required some revisions based on some recent events. I will.
Alito's opinion was drawn straight from the American tradition of racebaiting and justification at the heart of American history. How much difference is there between Alito and Pitchfork Ben Tillman?.
The history of the United States is in large part a struggle between white supremacists and those opposing them. Today's SCOTUS decision regarding the application of the Voting Rights Act, which is one of the most important laws passed by the latter group, is surgically designed...
Tomorrow, the citizens of Antigua and Barbuda will elect a new House of Representatives. This legislative body has 17 seats, elected via single member district, first past the post elections..
An outline of the President's thinking [sic] on Iran: President Trump has instructed aides to prepare for an extended blockade of Iran, U.S. officials said, targeting the regime’s coffers in a high-risk.