I'm glad to know that our addiction to oil from politically difficult places will soon be matched by relying on Western Sahara, an area with a long-standing independence movement against Morocco which nominally controls the area, for the fertilizer for our industrial food system. Hard...
Author: Erik Loomis
Today, a one day strike is taking place among non-union, low-paid government workers, some of the nearly 2 million government workers making less than $12 an hour, which I think.
The greatest generation indeed: The soldiers who landed in Normandy on D-Day were greeted as liberators, but by the time American G.I.’s were headed back home in late 1945, many.
I maintain that Waylon has the very best version of "I Recall a Gypsy Woman" and I'd be remiss in not mentioning that Don Williams had a big hit with it, but Hank Thompson's rendition ain't bad.
Apple. I don't think it'd be unreasonable to seize Apple's assets until it came to a reasonable agreement on its tax bill.
Hardly surprising that the crack babies "epidemic" in the 1980s was based on poorly designed scientific studies and really was just another tool in white backlash tool box to blame.
In 1971, the film Zachariah was released. I had never heard of it until last night, but it seems to be a weirdo western starring Don Johnson, Dick Van Patten, Country Joe and the Fish, Joe Walsh, Patricia Quinn, Doug Kershaw, and the great drummer...
Jorge Rafael Videla, former dictator of Argentina, is dead, much to the benefit of the world. Lillie Langtry with more.
Cool article on the 1913 barbers' strike in New York, which led to the reduction of barbers' workweeks from 92(!!!) hours to a mere 62 with Sunday off. I may.
This is an interesting piece about apparel corporations looking to get out of Bangladesh because of the bad publicity the building collapse has given the companies. They want to move to Cambodia, Vietnam, and the new frontier of Indonesia. What's telling about it is that...
A good rule of thumb about country music is that when the singer starts talking, something weird is about to happen. When it is about morality or politics, you know.
If there's one thing this country needs, it's "smart" rifles that almost never miss no matter how inexperienced the shooter. I know that the first time some crazy person takes.