Columbia University named the 2014 winners for the Bancroft Prize today, which is the most prestigious prize in the field of U.S. history. This year's winners are both close to LGM's heart. One winner was Ira Katznelson's Fear Itself, which Scott reviewed here. The other winner...
It's almost NCAA Tournament time! I have reactivated the LGM Tourney Challenge League, but if you're new the Challenge, here's the info: League Name: Lawyers, Guns and Money Password: zevon.
The Supreme Court's odious ruling on the Medicaid expansion in NFIB v. Sebelius has had awful direct effects, leading to millions of people being denied health care. But, as Alec.
The American Federation of Government Employees released an interesting press release today: The American Federation of Government Employees today expressed its profound disappointment regarding a plea deal that will allow one of two inmates charged with killing a correctional officer in 2008 to escape the death...
I look forward to Republicans discovering the interstates are a socialist program and thus Interstate 5 Brought to You by Microsoft can be a pothole-ridden road that would make no.
For some of these women, this will probably be the most lucrative work their Ph.D. will ever get them.
That's today's headline. Tomorrow's will be: "Paul Ryan insists he has no idea why he thought of the word 'inarticulate' to describe racially insensitive remarks." NOTE: I'm posting links to what I'm writing elsewhere because the conversations generated by them strike me -- for the most...
I submit that there is literally no metaphor for the F-35 more apt than Kansas City Royals baseball: .@Royals baseball players put in some extra innings at spring training to.
I'm rooting for Ezra Klein's new project to succeed, and he's brought some first-rate talent (including Brad Plumer and Sarah Kliff) to his new venture. I am, however, puzzled why.
If you've been paying attention to the internet conversation on security, defense, and technology, you've probably become at least vaguely familiar with The Loopcast. I had a good, long (over an hour) conversation with them on Tuesday. Check it out, and also check out their twitter...
And we're back, just in time to finish up the first season before the fourth starts. We recorded this a few months back, so our pop culture and political references.
That is what a former Florida "Teacher of the Year" who was sentenced to 40 years in jail for sexually assaulting a fourth grader told The Florida Times-Union in a.