I'm all for the FCC being completely fine with David Ortiz saying "fuck" in his speech before the Red Sox game yesterday. On the other hand, it would be nice if the FCC would more generally assume people are grown-ups and allow the language used in...
Does it go too far to call the West Fertilizer Corporation a terrorist corporation for its actions that led to the explosion that has killed at least 14 people so.
On this week's episode of Foreign Entanglements, Laura Seay and Steve Saideman talk Twitter Fight Club, graduate school, and irredentism:
As we should all have expected, the Paraguayan quasi-coup that forced Fernando Lugo out of office seems to have worked out pretty well for the oligarchs, likely ushering them back into power and making the poor cynical that any political movement could improve their lot.
I found this graphic in my Facebook feed yesterday. [caption id="attachment_42252" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Why is Jesus crying? Are you masturbating again?"][/caption] It occurs to me that if Jesus is a.
Principled conservative Ted Cruz calls federal relief for Hurricane Sandy pork, wants federal relief after fertilizer plant explosion in Texas.
Learning about the oldest existing dead body used for medical experiments does not make me feel any less queasy about medieval Europe, but it is most certainly quite interesting. I'm not going to put the image up though. It's kind of disturbing. But radiocarbon dating put...
Ornette Coleman's 1980 attempt to put together an all-white cover band of his own songs in order to create an audience for his music, since white people were more willing.
This is great for anyone who rolls their eyes at celebrity architects and the absurd non-functioning buildings they construct. Celebrated Spanish Architect Santiago Calatrava (whose WTC PATH station is interminably.
One of the joys of following soccer is, even approaching the end of the season, nearly every game matters. As I've been writing here, the side local to my England residence has been in the relegation zone of the fourth division for most of the season....
Further thoughts on the relationship between violence as political theater and the social forces that enable it.
Since several commenters are suggesting that we shouldn't care about whether Tsarnaev is read his Miranda rights, it's worth explaining why we should care. Emily Bazelon is good on this,.