All The Power To The Top 17 Jan 2012 | 01:11 am

It should come as no surprise that when Republicans gain power, as they have in Indiana's and New Hampshire's legislatures, they try to take away make it so that workers have even less say about their...

Now The Serpent Was More Subtil... 20 Dec 2011 | 05:23 pm

There's truth to the metaphor of politics as professional wrestling. Christopher Hitchens was a heel. He was a bad guy who went out in the public and insulted them and his opponents and he drank too m...

Who Made That Butterball For You? 25 Nov 2011 | 04:27 am

Butterball Turkeys get killed, cleaned and wrapped in plastic for you in a small town near the Arkansas River, not far from Fort Smith. Women in their 60s, who have worked all their lives there, get p...

Historical Image of the Day 26 Jul 2011 | 05:24 am

Ghost dancers, late 19th century

Reagan by Eugene Jarecki 17 Jul 2011 | 05:48 am

It's available through Comcast On Demand, as an HBO Documentary.

Union Busting For Dummies 16 Jul 2011 | 04:25 am

Historical Image of the Day 16 Jun 2011 | 01:44 am

George Whitfield, preacher of the Great Awakening, Brought the movement to America in 1738.

campaign ads 14 Jun 2011 | 09:38 am

Via Ezra Klein, you can see a Mitt Romney ad. And then watch Ronald Reagan's 30-minute ad for his successful 1966 run for Governor of California.

Historical Image of the Day 14 Jun 2011 | 02:34 am

Back to a place where I have time to do the images again. This week's set will be on American religion. Methodist camp meeting, 1839

No Coasting in 2012 3 Jun 2011 | 02:18 pm

Dave Brockington is right to be worried about Obama in 2012. Unemployment is bad. And it is downright terrible among those who do not have college educations. These voters tend to vote Democratic. Plu...