When we think of labor, we probably don't really think of the Sherpas, who guide climbers up Mt. Everest and other high Himalayan peaks. But in fact, the climbers often treat the Sherpas like beasts of burden. It is very dangerous work and Sherpa deaths are...
On May 3, 1911, Wisconsin created the first workers compensation program, followed almost immediately by Washington and most of the Northwestern states. This was the beginning of a system, albeit.
Howie Kurtz fired has decided to move in a different direction towards a more proactive paradigm. One could argue that the smear of Collins, special mix of loathsomeness and incompetence.
This is good old school David Brooks-era Weekly Standard: For the last few years, America has experienced a revival in swing dancing. Big bands and young neo-swing “jump and jive” groups like the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies — who are currently receiving airplay on rock radio and...
I guess on one level it's hard to blame Katie Roiphe for relying on the same tired schtick for decades since it still pays well, but Jesus enough already. Not.
Please note the date, because it's not often you'll see me telling me someone that he is is "wrong" about art (if, for all intents and purposes, we're including sitcoms.
The NRA has a new president. He is very special. Jim Porter is an Alabama lawyer. He is also a neo-Confederate Obama-hater who talks about "the war of northern aggression," describes the NRA as "warriors for freedom," and makes references to squealing pigs. At least the...
When we think of the Republican Party in its early years, we often think of it as a party of freedom because it opposed slavery. But that's way too simplistic.
M.T. Anderson has an excellent essay placing the tragedy in Bangladesh, now with over 400 dead, into its proper historical context Again and again we see the same pattern, which.
Here's something you should know about me: I blog to learn. Yes, I'd like to think I instruct, too, but I absolutely blog to learn. It's why I ask questions; I'm ready to be enlightened. So I just wanted to say how instructive and interesting I...
Ben White has a query! Wait, so why is it folks want to sell morning after pills to pre-teens? Uh, because the health, emotional, and financial consequences of an unwanted.
In this episode we discuss many things before short-changing you on the subject of religion. If the podcast seems to end abruptly, that's because there's another ten minutes we tabled.