Month: July 2009

In 1913, Edward Eggleston, a farsighted white man of profound intellectual abilities who was dedicated to the scientific method, set out to demonstrate why America would ultimately have no racial problems in the future. He...

It used to be that having the government come to your house and order you around was the kind of thing that conservatives feared. All the worse if the Man arrests you for voicing your displeasure. That’s black helicopter...

Okay, I think this takes the cake. Yesterday, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) took the unusual step of requesting the House clerk to read aloud a 55-page motion to recommit, a process that took over 40 minutes. The obstructionist...

This is something I never remember hearing much about 40, 30, 20 or even 10 years ago. Now it seems to be as common as the ones we have in the Western US every year: Thousands of firefighters are battling to bring under control...

Welcome to Friday Foto Flogging, a place to share your photos and photography news. We were inspired by the folks at European Tribune who post a regular Friday Photoblog series to try the same on this side of the virtual...