Rich Yeselson has a really superb piece on the ongoing implications of Taft-Hartley and what labor can and can't do in response. The whole thing should be read, but I'll.
Arguably capitalism's greatest feat in the last century is the almost complete separation of production from consumption. Modern Americans rarely see where anything is produced, whether food or consumer goods..
Shortly after midnight on June 12, 1963, NAACP leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in front of his home by white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith. Today marks the 50th anniversary.
On this week's episode of Foreign Entanglements, Matt speaks to Hugh Pope about US-Turkish relations:
Essentially, this is the perfect role for him, as this will mean he won't have to do what he can't, i.e. play quarterback in the NFL. And putting him behind.
What good is having a blog if nobody has bought this for me yet? If the LBJ library hasn't converted this into a poster, they're leaving a lot of money.
You may remember Roger Vinson from his particularly embarrassing opinion holding the ACA unconstitutional. The very existence of freedom for the American individual, you see, rested on whether measures to.
The Supreme Court yet again declined to hand down any of the big civil rights cases that are still pending (I'll put the over/under on Breyer's Fisher dissent at 500.
- Put a big yam, in your butt. Some uncooked ham, in your butt…
- It may be what marginal voters should have expected, but it’s not what they wanted
- Be Evil!
- Secretary of Eugenics demands more culling of the herd
- FAA Closes El Paso
- This Day in Labor History: February 11, 1918
- That’s entertainment
- Another Win For The First Amendment
- The Moral Turpitude of ICE Agents
- “Pro-life” & anti-vaccination: A most Republican combination of fuckwittery
