Author: lorraine

Wisconsin is apparently determined to move ahead in the Stupid State Olympics. While previous contenders for the podium have included Florida for its ban on adoptions by gay parents, Alabama for its ban on sex toys, and Kansas...

In 1917, Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were arrested for having organized anti-conscription activities. The U.S. government had just made the decision to entere World War I, and for a whole host of reasons, not the least of...

(I apologize in advance for the profanity-laden rant. But this stuff makes me nuts.) More from the department of making shit up: In one of those moments when the NYT decided to provide free advertising to the Heritage...

Hey y’all. The incomparable  Tild designed this image for the informal and yet serious blog set up to chat about issues of gender. Named for one of the lovely epithets that was thrown about last weekend (and for which...

HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.Ambrose Bierce We can learn from history how past generations thought and acted, how...