Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day . Over at Crooks and Liars, I linked two pieces. First, at the Conversation, "The 1938...

For the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., I have King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis on in the background. It's a 1970 do...

(The Best Posts of the Year, Chosen by the Bloggers Themselves) ( A Jon Swift lolcat .) Welcome to the 2018 edition! I hope this year e...

What's to be done about American conservatives and the Republican Party? For decades, they've stood for plutocracy and bigotry, and ...

(Click on the comic strip for a larger view.) In 1959, Pogo creator Walt Kelly wrote: The eleventh day of the eleventh month has always ...

Today, 11/11/18, marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, the Great War, the supposed War to End All Wars that unfortunately d...

Get out and vote on Tuesday, if you haven't already! This post will collate some California and Los Angeles County resources. Californi...

Happy Labor Day! These videos are repeats, but they're good. Here's Robert Reich from 2013, about celebrating labor on Labor Day...

The Washington Capitals have finally won their first championship, in their forty-third season! It's also the first championship for ...