"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Marc Cooper and LA Times columnist Tim Rutten ponder the myopic idiocy of Los Angles axing all funding for the highly successful gang prevention program Homeboy Industries but trumpeting how it will never close an animal shelter. Apparently the city…
Colin McEnroe on the corruption trial of Hartford CT Mayor Eddie Perez, speaking about how low expectations for Hartford from surrounding areas clouding the issue. (Some history. Hartford is desperately poor, many of the suburbs surrounding it are quite wealthy.)…
One problem with our grid is that load needs to equal demand. Thus, especially with renewable energy which can fluctuate in terms of power produced, being able to store power is becoming essential. Interestingly, some nuclear power plants already do…
Ok, so his politics were somewhat to the right of Atilla the Hun, but before he was a TV and movie star, Roy Rogers fronted the quite amazing Sons of the Pioneers, who while under-appreciated today, were country-western trailblazers. From…
Excerpts from Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s undergrad thesis on socialism: Ever since Werner Sombart first posed the question in 1905, countless historians have tried to explain why there is no socialism in America. For the most part, this work…