I still doubt that Obama backing same-sex marriage had any effect in terms of increasing public support. But one thing it did was to effectively commit the Democratic Party to supporting SSM.
Now this is a Yankees move I can approve! The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels are closing in on a trade that would send outfielder Vernon Wells and.
Christopher Cameron has an interesting post at the U.S. Intellectual History blog about George Washington's growing abolitionism. Historians ignored this side of Washington for a very long time, but in.
I'm watching the BBC documentary The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector, and you can too, for free: It's interesting more for the historical anecdotes than the Nancy Grace-style murder-narrative at its core -- and I say that before reaching the point where they'll talk...
If you haven't read Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita's Times editorial in support of gay marriage, do so. It's another of the growing examples of professional athletes pushing back against.
Michael Kranish's story of how part of the home school lobby brought down the UN Disability Treaty is just fantastic: Then a witness named Michael Farris stunned many in the.
Jeffrey Pilcher, the noted historian of food in Mexico, has a new book placing Mexican food in a global context. When thinking of a nation's food, particularly one as laden with importance and history within the United States as Mexican food, the term that inevitably comes...
I know you all, like myself, are celebrating Oregon's dominating victory over St. Louis to advance to the Sweet 16 where they will no doubt crush Louisville.* So if you.
Liberal Iraq War hawks explained. ...Atrios reminds me of this fine analysis of Walzer's attempt to define what constitutes a "decent left" (i.e. it means "agreeing with Michael Walzer about.
In response to Erik's post yesterday noting the horrible foreign policy and civil liberties views of brogressive favorite Rand Paul, IB says: It’s absolutely worth thinking about, I agree, Erik. But as Aaron B. says elsewhere on this subthread, practical politics requires one to make common...
On March 23, 1974, the Coalition of Labor Union Women formed. A nonprofit organization within the AFL-CIO, the CLUW seeks to improve the standing of women within the union movement,.
I've been passively following this story for the past couple of days in my copious spare time. The setting is a tech conference during a keynote address in Santa Clara,.