I've already said my thoughts about the Republican attacks on teaching history - their fear about how racist our past has been and how ...

( Update : Thanks again to Batocchio for sharing this article on Crooks&Liars' Mike's Blog Round-Up ! Please leave a comment - ...

I just want to post a link here to an important, must-read essay by Adam Serwer at The Atlantic , regarding our nation's poor civil righ...

It's been awhile since I've brought up one of the big influencers in my political worldview, Ta-Nehisi Coates. But he showed up toda...

For all my rage against donald trump as a con artist, a failure, and a horrifying mockery of a human being, I don't have the eloquence o...

So Hillary got the Far Right in a snit this weekend by calling out "half" the Trump supporters for their racism, homophobia, Islam...

I need to get this review done before the year does. I bought these two books at the same time. This was back in July, when they wer...

Rise up, my fellow Unitarians and high school Latin students! There is a WAR ON SATURNALIA AND I CAN PROVE IT. You never see Bill O'R...

And the fandom rejoiced . Local hero Ta-Nehisi Coates has been tapped by Marvel Comics to write a year-long (12 issue) story for the Black...

It doesn't finish, because I guarantee you on the Wednesday after 2016 Election Night someone is going to rev up a 2020 campaign.  /head...

So, to the seven readers who keep track of this blog, you may have noted I was off on vacation with limited access to updating the site.  Fo...

Charleston South Carolina, last night . In one of the worst mass shootings in the state's history, a gunman opened fire during Wednes...

This is, by the by, the 700th post here on this blog (under different names).   Big Hello to all the Crooks and Liars people following Mik...

Just to let the seven people following this blog know, Mr. Coates is asking the Horde to take part in a book discussion .  Hopefully I'l...

( Update : Batocchio at Vagabond Scholar linked this blog to the 2014 Jon Swift Memorial Roundup .  Hi, everybody!  Please leave comments if...