Forty-four years ago, the Rolling Stones headlined a free concert at the Altamont Speedway in northern California. The concert drew nearly 300,000 people and featured popular acts Santana, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Jefferson Airplane and Crosby, S… more »

  In a post today, Mike Konczal posits a convincing narrative of how the extremes of today’s political Left and Right differ (“Why don’t liberals have their own tea party?”). He bases his description on “three core traits”- ideology, infrastructure, an… more »

  News Item: On Wednesday, November 6, the Walmart website “displayed wildly low prices Wednesday morning, such as a kayak for $11 or a treadmill for $33, according to news reports and Walmart. There was even a $579 projector available for $8.85” (The… more »