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The following is by McKenna Horsley of the Kentucky Lantern, republished in full under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 because this discourse is driving me fucking nuts. A lot of people are asking Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear to “do something” about U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s absence from the Senate. Former Illinois Republican congressman turned [] The post What Is to Be Done? appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.
This is the grave of Erving Goffman. Born in 1922 in Mannville, Alberta, well, wait a minute. If there’s one thing this blog has proven, it’s that nothing good can come from Alberta. Anyway, Goffman grew up in a Jewish immigrant family. His parents had come over when they were young, from what is today [] The post Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,192 appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.
By the time Charlie Chaplin was making his Mutual films in 1916 and 1917, his character had evolved considerably. In his earlier films, he’s not lovable at all–he’s a menacing creep. By his classic 20s films, he’s the lovable tramp. At this time, he’s more of a working man than a tramp and he’s not [] The post LGM Film Club, Part 549: The Rink appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.
Everyone wonders, “How can Democrats win rural voters again?” At least in LGM comments, the answer seems to be “Fuck rural voters if they don’t agree with my personal values,” which isn’t good politics at the very least. But you have to do engage rural voters. I’d recommend starting by not creating batshit ballot measures [] The post Going Rural appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.
This is a guest post by Steve Mathis, part of the 2026 LGM Fundraiser Auction. Since we talk about movies a lot here at LGM I thought it might be fun to explain how a Gaffer with 50 years of experience lighting sets (but ZERO experience acting) came to play the part of “Tupelo” in [] The post Acting 101 appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.
The arbitrary bureaucratic hurdles Republicans put on SNAP benefits in their upper-class tax cut bill are having their intended effect, and it’s not about WasteFraudandAbuse [gift link]: The number of Arizonans getting SNAP benefits has fallen by about half in less than a year, a remarkable drop in nutrition aid that may preview the program’s [] The post Make America Hungry Again appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.
One interesting thing about the political landscape in 2026 is that Democrats are looking surprisingly competitive in statewide races in Iowa. even relative to the favorable national context. According to this story, one reason for that is the increasing risks being posed by water pollution in the state: Iowa has a long-simmering water problem that [] The post The politics of water in Iowa appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.
I suspect that the number of Lawyers, Guns and Money readers who were avid listeners to my other podcast, Whiskey International Relations Theory ranges between three and zero. Nonetheless, after a three-year hiatus we’ve started our second season — and episode one might actually be of some interest to youse people. My co-host, Patrick [] The post The Reactionary Fever Dream that is the Clash of Civilizations appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.
If you have no legitimate reason for an unprovoked war, you must invent one: Republicans, by contrast, have largely sidestepped the renewed war powers debate, many of them echoing Mr. Trump’s justification for resuming the fight. “The fact of the matter is, President Trump is the first president dealing with what has been the status [] The post MAGA imperialist fanfiction appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.
Omer Bartov (gift link) lays out how something that under the original definition of the word genocide qualifies as such is not only not going to be punished, but is going to create some really enticing real estate development opportunities: It is true that Israel is experiencing increasing global isolation and disapproval among Americans across [] The post A new real estate order appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.
