I am in the midst of a show drought that will continue until mid-September. Then I have a ton of shows. That happens sometimes. So what to talk about? How about the actual music of Dolly Parton? I can't really complain about all the obituaries of...
Margaret Talbot has a refreshingly realist summary of John Roberts's legacy, with none of the "3-3-3" bullshit or whatever the Court's apologists are trying to sell the tourists these days..
In the “What is to be done” vein, I’ll note that my Saturday posts have always asked what everyone is doing. And there are a lot of good responses in.
Ah, the first full week of college football. But before we get to that, let's visit Penn State, the home of students who rioted when Joe Paterno was fired for overlooking his defensive coordinator's years of child abuse. Penn State has learned so much from this....
Stupid people love simple answers to complex questions, because such answers validate their entire world view. This is one reason why Trump has made attacking the entire American university system,.
This is the grave of Duke Pearson. Born in 1932 in Atlanta, Columbus Calvin Pearson Jr. grew up in a jazz family. His nickname of Duke, which is probably better.
I am, at least one in one respect, more optimistic than Paul. I suspect that — should we manage to make it through the gauntlet of voter suppression, administration electoral interdiction, and thumb-on-the-scales Supreme Court decisions — the new Democratic majorities in the House and the...
I am going to add a bit to our college football coverage this year. Last year, I picked 10 games a week, based on the best matchups if you follow.
It's not my problem if you cannot grasp the non-interventionist mindset: The Trump administration’s new partner in Venezuela stands to vastly expand its reach in the country’s most important oil.
For most people, the concept that money can be exchanged for goods and/or services is not hard to grasp. You can take what you have earned, hard or otherwise, and exchange it for a Chevy Silverado or some plywood for your contracting business or a case...
I usually don't bother with subnational elections unless there's something particularly interesting or important about them. Saxony-Anhalt isn't exactly a terribly important German state (I'd wager less than one in.
Here's one that touches on two massively important issues: With regard to the "Seriously, What Can We Do?" Symposium, I have two additional agenda items. Would you be willing to.