It's probably been more or less proven by now that I spend my days a) finding weird stuff in the past, b) getting angry at the past, and 3) teaching my students about weird stuff or evil people in the past. And that's more or...
Author: Erik Loomis
For those who believe that science is apolitical, allow me to present Exhibit A: rare photographs from Hiroshima. I'm not saying the relationship between politics and science is inherently good.
The Texas Railroad Commission, for reasons that I assume have to do with keeping an antiquated state agency relevant, regulates energy policy for the Lone Star State. The TRC met.
The legendary climate change scientist and brawler against denialists Peter Gleick is in some serious hot water because he has admitted to passing along the internal Heartland Institute documents that detail, among other things, the coordinated attempt by right-wingers to fight against anything that would...
Climate-change villain and sociopath I'm not minimizing the fact that inefficient cookstoves in the developing world cause a lot of problems, including lung disease in the women who use them,.
This is an interesting piece at Rustwire on Cleveland's constant attempts to rebrand itself over the past 40 years. As industry left the city, Cleveland suffered an identity crisis as.
Given that wait staff is one of the most visible labor forces and that we are made to feel good about ourselves by tipping them whatever we think is appropriate, it might be surprising (unless you know people who work in the industry) that they...
Santorum really is determined to build his entire presidential campaign on early 90s wingnut talking points. "Unlike the Earth, we're intelligent, and we can actually manage things," Santorum said. In.
Circa 1967
Interesting Tim Dickinson piece in Rolling Stone about the Obama Administration entering into an all-out war on medical marijuana. Dickinson doesn't provide many answers as to why this has happened, noting the relatively sane policy the administration took in its first 2 years and then...
This year is the 100th anniversary of the San Diego Free Speech Fight, when I.W.W. speakers were routinely denied their First Amendment rights for speaking in public about workers' rights..
Thinking about Anthony Comstock and Gilded Age sexuality this week, I was reminded of the woman Comstock destroyed, the fascinating feminist and free-love advocate, Victoria Woodhull. Born Victoria Claflin in.