In 1974, seven disabled veterans of the Vietnam War occupied the Los Angeles office of U.S. Senator Alan Cranston and staged a hunger strike. The action was the first of […]
Folk singer Teddy Davenport
Rising folk artist, Teddy Davenport, gives an earnest performance and offers an explanation into what Folk music means to him as well as early inspirations.
Waukesha Approved to Receive Water from Lake Michigan
On June 21, representatives of the eight states that border the Great Lakes unanimously approved a request from the City of Waukesha, Wisconsin to receive drinking water from Lake Michigan. […]
Paul Kingsnorth’s Dark Mountain Project
Earlier this year, the Monday Eight O’Clock Buzz discussed the Ecomodernist Manifesto. The Ecomodernists believe that human technology, and nuclear power in particular, will enable humanity to divorce itself from […]
Police Misconduct Attorney Andrea Ritchie Disputes Broken Windows Theo...
In 1982, Manhattan Institute fellow George Kelling and American Enterprise Institute board member James Q. Wilson wrote a piece for the Atlantic entitled, “Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety.” […]
“Welcome to the Goddamn Ice-Cube” by Blair Braverman
Growing up in Davis, California, Blair Braverman dreamed of ice, snow and the northern lights. In her teens, she spent a year in Norway with her family, returned as an […]