It's a little before '69, which AVI says is the end of the period rather than the beginning of it. I wasn't quite there, so I...

But before I laugh too much at this, I try to remember the SNL skit from the run-up to the 1992 election, when the Dem field was huge and ...

Jim Henson's early work is surprisingly horrifying.

Open thread, if you have anything you'd like to say about it.

Swedes piously assert their willingness to take a refugee into their homes, until one is presented.

We all heard about last week's, but did you hear about the priest who was slashed by a knife-man during Mass in Canada today? The atta...

We keep hearing about how the Electoral College is a 'threat to democracy,' since it can prevent the winner of a popular vote from b...

Way back in 1969, Arlo Guthrie was among those who used the word "weirdos" to embrace himself and others like him. You can hear h...

A thesis that I, like most parents, devoutly hope is true. Meanwhile, evidence points to your family environment having no bearing on perso...

Same band as last night. There's a bit of language, but you're all spirited folk.

Britain’s immigration department has been condemned for citing violent Bible passages as the basis to reject an asylum claim by an Iranian n...

We were talking about this a while ago, as I recall. https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2015/10/chinas-50-lane-traffic-jam-is-every-co...

Theresa May has reportedly made peace with a no-deal Brexit next week .

Headline #1: " "The 'Burn It Down' Democrats ." Headline #2: " Candidates Propose Changes To Fix Flaw In Con...

The last ISIS stronghold has fallen . Troops here are now bringing down the black flags of ISIS. The flags no longer fly over the town, inst...

Why do so many statues from ancient Egypt have broken noses ?

I've heard this so many times that I actually had come around to believing this story about 'very fine people.'

Facebook might turn on you, warns Joe Bob Briggs .

An article in Forbes argues that the multiverse is inevitably real , given cosmic inflation and quantum physics.

James mentioned this poem in the " More toxic masculinity " comments. I had never read it before, and it seems fitting for the Hal...