Utah wins Crazy State of the Day, as a bill allowing people to carry concealed weapons without a permit--that's right, without a permit--passes through a House committee. It's real hard to see what could go wrong: But Mathis also acknowledged — under strong questioning from...
Author: Erik Loomis
Tonight's exploration of American culture's underbelly is brought to you by Roger Hallmark and The Thrasher Brothers, who I think had the most sophisticated response to Iranian Revolution imaginable.
Melissa Gira Grant provides an excellent overview of the history of sex work in the United States before about 1920. Highly recommended read.
There's been a lot of discussion about "saving" the labor movement in recent weeks. Two particular pieces to point out. First, Josh Eidelson hosted a forum at The Nation that included CWA President Larry Cohen, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, and a number of...
Heisman winner Johnny Manziel's class schedule: Johnny Football still finds time to be a college student too, even though the Texas A&M star doesn't have to be on campus very.
Andrew Revkin of the New York Times continues his climate trolling, this time complaining about people just being so unreasonable about climate change: But on the Keystone XL pipeline –.
The Wind River Reservation in Wyoming has received a lot of attention lately because of its endemic poverty and high crime rates. It started with this Times article last year about a murder. As things often go, the Times became the trendsetter for a myriad...
Mary Sue McClurkin, a state rep from the fine state of Alabama: Alabama state Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin (R) is pushing legislation that would impose restrictions on abortion clinics --.
When I think of Presidents' Day, the one thing that comes to mind is how stupid it is to blast the faces of presidents onto South Dakota mountains. I once.
I've long been skeptical of biofuels as a meaningful way out of our energy crisis, especially considering that turning corn into fuel causes a whole lot of environmental problems of its own. Another big problem with biofuels is turning much of the United States into...
Yale has a very exciting new deal with the Department of Defense: As early as this April, Yale plans to welcome a training center for interrogators to its campus. The.
As always, Roy Edroso ventures deep into crazyland to get the latest writings from rightbloggers. And they were very happy about Obama's proposed minimum wage hike, as you can imagine:.