This is an open thread. This is one of the many William Butler Yeats poems that mean a lot to me, although like many of his poems it has not always meant the same thing: The Magi Now as at all times I can see in...
This is the grave of Len Ford. Born in 1926 in Washington, D.C., Ford grew up in the stable Black families that the federal government provided. In short, the federal.
If you want to be on the Nice list, better leave Santa what he wants tonight--some delicious Lucky Strikes. Who needs them cookies when you can have some cigarettes instead?
As I'm sure you all remember, almost two years ago exactly we had a great deal of statistical fun trying to figure out what was going to happen to the Detroit Pistons during the rest of the 2023-24 season, given that they had lost an astonishing...
Happy Holidays, LGMer's! Just wanted to pop in to say "hi," and share some recent cooking adventures with you. I'm not much of a baker and I'm certainly not a.
Official portrait of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts. Kudos to Marty Lederman for coming up with a winning argument: The Supreme Court’s refusal on Tuesday to let the Trump.
On the one hand, DOGE led to millions of avoidable deaths and shattered lives all over the world. On the other hand, it didn't save any money: Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency said it made more than 29,000 cuts to the federal government — slashing...
Yesterday I drove into Buena Vista, a small town in the middle of the Colorado mountains that's pretty evenly split between Democrats and Republicans voting wise, and I noticed that.
Battleships, apparently. The Trump-class “battleships” (probably designated BBG, or “guided missile battleship”) would displace some 35,000 tons and carry a variety of advanced weapons. The arsenal would include a rail gun, hypersonic missiles, nuclear.
This is the grave of Michael Musmanno. Born in 1897 in Stowe Township, Pennsylvania, Musmanno grew up in the Italian coal mining immigrant world. Lots of Italians came to Pennsylvania and worked in the coal mines. Not too many got out of there to go on...
Inside the pay-for-pardon factory: The president formally signed the pardon for Zhao a week later, setting off an uproar in Washington. Democrats—pointing to steps Binance has taken that boosted the cryptocurrency company.
One does not expect a majority of the Supreme Court to allow the so-called "law" to restrain the Trump administration, but I will take it when it does: NEW: By.