Repudiating Liberalism or Obama | Ian Welsh

We’re coming up on the midterms, and the Republicans are cruising. Odds are very high that they will retake the House, there is an outside chance they will retake the Senate. ... Read >
1 year 27 weeks ago

3 Year Old Recites "LItany" by Billy Collins

You are the bread and the knife, the crystal goblet and the wine. You are the dew on the morning grass and the burning wheel of the sun. You are the white apron of the ... Watch >
1 year 39 weeks ago

Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam

Writer and star of the Broadway musical In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda performs "The Hamilton Mixtape" at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word on ... Watch >
1 year 44 weeks ago

Who Held The Horses in the Meantime?

My favorite section of Mark Twain's essay, "Is Shakespeare Dead?" Watch >
1 year 49 weeks ago

Mozart Had A Wicked Temper

He was impetuous and furious and a screamer. See photo >
2 years 1 week ago

Daily Kos: Dem Branding: Lessons from Lincoln

On Thanksgiving Day, created a national holiday by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, I want to offer this diary on the lessons offered by our greatest President on the ... Read >
2 years 8 weeks ago

The Politics of Opposition

"If you listen to these questions they all have exactly the same theme, which is ‘How do we bring about big change?’ And I think that’s a fundamental, threshold question, and ... Read >
2 years 8 weeks ago

Some Facts About Sloths

Anything that looks like a miniature, happy Chewbacca just has to be awesome—and sloths do not disappoint. From tooth to poo pellet, the creatures of Order Pilosa, Suborder ... Read >
2 years 8 weeks ago
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