As many of us have said, if Trump and his fascist friends have their way, ICE is going to be doing a whole lot more than ethnic cleansing. It's not going away unless we abolish it entirely. It will just keep growing. For example, how...
olympics
Here's something I did not know until 5 minutes ago: At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, American Walter Winans took the podium and waved proudly to the crowd. He had already.
It's winter. Some of you think it is fun to hurl yourself down a mountain in the cold. This does not sound like a lot of fun to me, but.
This is the grave of Jack Shea. Born in 1910 in Lake Placid, New York, Shea grew up with the snow and ice. This isolated region of far upstate New York was no picnic when it came to winter weather, but with the development of...
ARLINGTON, TX - NOVEMBER 21: Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones watches as the Cowboys take on the Detroit Lions at Cowboys Stadium on November 21, 2010 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo.
I know it's Oscars Night, but why not include a Film Club as a secondary thread on it. This is a piece from the 1976 Winter Olympics promotional film White.
This is the grave of Jesse Owens. Arguably the greatest track star of all time and certainly the most historically important, Owens was born in 1913 to Alabama sharecroppers. In 1922, following so many other rural southern African-Americans, his family moved north, to Cleveland. Of...
This is how you act when oppressive assholes in power want to meet with you because you snapped back at them. Vice President Pence is set to arrive here soon.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 14: Usain Bolt of Jamaica competes in the Men's 100 meter semifinal on Day 9 of the Rio 2016 Olympic.
Our old friend is up to his old tricks, ensuring that random internet comment threads insinuate that anyone rooting for American athletes is in favor of fomenting a new Cold War. If there's one thing we can be sure of, it's that Freddie thinks Lilly...
I spent 1996-97 in South Korea teaching English in the public schools. It was a mind-blowing experience in any number of ways. But one thing was clear when I was.
The ridiculous attempt to put the Olympics in Boston in 2024 is dying on the vine. Hosting the Olympics is a terrible idea for any city. For a old, cramped,.