The straight man: When the history of this period in American life comes to be written, historians will almost certainly come to see the hysteria prompted by the rise of the Tea Party as akin to the “Red Scare” of the 1950s — except, that is,...
In what is extremely rare medieval history blogging, this list of unfortunately nicknamed medieval kings is pretty great. Below we have Alfonso the Slobberer And here's Henry the Impotent
Another recent old post rediscovered makes me realize why Franklin Pierce went in hard and came out soft. Turns out he ranks pretty high in the presidential sexiness polls.
There's lots to pick apart here, but I really want to address the whole "studies show women are unhappy not fulfilling their womanly duties of popping out babies and sucking dick," which is a refrain I've seen frothing up lately--like a warm jet of Santorum-- from...
Needless to say, being disastrously wrong about pretty much everything hasn't resulted in him being discredited -- he'll still be widely treated as a great sage while the human toll.
Mojo asks a good question: The fact that the major example of a country which follows your prescription to subordinate air forces to the Army failed completely at performing core.
In focusing on Clive Crook's ridiculous argument about "states' rights," I must concede that I neglected to mention that the whole column was premised on an even more risible premise -- i.e. that the shutdown was just as bad for Obama as it was for Republicans....
In March, I posted "The Commericalization of Academia: A Case Study" to LGM. This past weekend, Rob drew my attention to this review essay by Christopher Newfield published in the Los.
The Hindenburg. The Titanic. The Cooch.
Speaking of weird Halloween stuff, I don’t believe I’ve yet complained/alerted the rest of the country about a local bit of nonsense called beggars night. Beggars night, which apparently exists only in Central Ohio, the greater Des Moines area, and some towns in Western New York,...
This selection from New York Police Chief George Matsell's Vocabulum, or the Rogue’s Lexicon, a collection of criminal slang, is amazing. It's available here in its entirety. Here are some.
I have virtually no interest in the Cardinals-Red Sox World Series, and my fantasy football team has coasted to 1-6. This means that if it's not Saturday afternoon, the only.