A few interesting pieces on Asian food and history. 1. This is an interesting discussion of the origins of pad thai, a dish that is fairly minor within Thai cooking but is the singular dish of Thai food overseas. It's connections are closely related to...
Author: Erik Loomis
Very interesting: Which is where Paraguay’s own “Argo” enters into the story. After Jimmy Carter denied Somoza asylum, he headed to Paraguay, where General Alfredo Stroessner’s right-wing military regime governed..
As a historian of the Gilded Age, the sequester is very exciting to me. With each passing day, a big leap back to the halcyon days of the 1890s seems.
Let Alex Pareene be your guide into the weekly circles of Hell known as the Sunday talk shows. Why anyone watches these things, I do not know. Note: you may want an alcoholic beverage of choice at hand while reading.
I am agnostic over the question at hand in this article, whether Anne Hathaway is a good actress. This is largely because I can't think of a reason why I.
It's nice that the Yankees are embracing what we here at LGM have known forever: Part of the Yankees' argument: a concession that in the baseball world, they are, in.
Check out the historian Ruth Rosen's essay on the historical arc of feminism. She sees the project at its halfway point, particularly noting the very difficult struggles to fight against domestic violence, as highlighted by House Republicans refusal to renew the Violence Against Women Act....
Very interesting.
Quite a contest for today's craziest person. Here's three nominees: 1. Gun Owners of America president Larry Pratt: Pratt predicted that President Obama may begin confiscating guns in order to.
It's Oklahoma, for its bill that would ban teachers from failing students if they turned in homework in biology or other classes that pushed creationist ideology. I suspect if I start doing this every day, Oklahoma is going to win Crazy State a lot of...
This Chris Cillizza produced list at the Washington Post of the most underrated and overrated presidents is good for a laugh because it so reflects Beltway priorities. I know that.
Ron Fournier wins the 2013 David Broder award for his column arguing "sure, Republicans are nuts. But why won't President Obama cave to their wishes to avoid the sequester? Also,.