

Helena Bottemiller Evich / Politico
Jul 2, 20191 min read
Outside Sources / Agriculture Department buries studies showing dangers of climate change
The Trump administration has refused to publicize dozens of government-funded studies that carry warnings about the effects of climate...


Huffington Post
Jul 1, 20193 min read
Outside Sources / Canadian Cartoonist Loses His Job After Trump Drawing Goes Viral
Cartoonist Michael de Adder’s contract with four Canadian newspapers was terminated last week after one of his political cartoons...


James 'BigBoy' Medlin / Photo: Dan Hubig
Jul 1, 20192 min read
WHY NOT? / Hell to the Chief
He who calls me THE ugliest of writers shall have not his name spoken. Nor of the publication nor broadcast nor streaming service failing...


Bob Brown
Jun 16, 201911 min read
The Rent Horse Kid
At some point during my fourteenth year I decided I wanted a life on the range; riding a horse, chasing dogies, strumming lonesome cowboy...


Bob Simmons / Photos: Dan Hubig
Jun 14, 20194 min read
You Can't Go to Cuba Again ... Again
“The right to depart from and re-enter one’s country should be viewed as an intrinsic part of what it means to be a citizen of our...


Bill Bentley / Photos by Ken Hoge (top) and Bob
Jun 13, 20196 min read
Never Another / Roky Erickson, R.I.P.
Every 15-year-old needs a hero. It's a year when the world really starts turning at a faster rate: a lot of the old toys of childhood...


Admin
Jun 13, 20191 min read
Still Relevant / Chains of Command
From 1978 thru 1985 my political illustrations were syndicated to around 100 newspapers in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Africa by Pacific...


James Medlin / Art: Dan Hubig
May 15, 20198 min read
'WHY NOT?' / The Path to the Florida Years
From the Writer Formerly Known as "BigBoy" Yes, I was born on a mountaintop (no longer there) in Santa Anna, Texas. No, I was not ridden...


Bill Bentley
May 15, 201911 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / May 2019
Greg Antista and the Lonely Streets Shake, Stomp, and Stumble Down Orange County, California way, punk music has always held a special...


Frank Browning
Apr 16, 20191 min read
Browning / Notre Dame, France’s Heart on Fire
The words speckled my screen just before sunset: Incendie à Notre Dame, Christophe typed, fresh out of a daily contractor meeting for an...


Bill Bentley
Apr 11, 201910 min read
Bentley's Bandstand
Luther Dickinson and Sisters of the Strawberry Moon, Solstice. In the land of Mississippi musician Luther Dickinson, there are moons of...
Luke Kemp / BBC Future
Mar 17, 20191 min read
Outside Sources / Are We on the Road to Civilization Collapse?
DEEP CIVILIZATION This article is part of a new BBC Future series about the long view of humanity, which aims to stand back from the...


James BigBoy Medlin / Art by Dan Hubig
Mar 17, 20192 min read
WHY NOT? / Gun Control Survey
Gun Control Survey Are you a tree-hugging, bleeding-hearted wimp? An uncompromising, shoot-first-ask-questions-later Neanderthal? Answer...
Vice.com
Mar 17, 20191 min read
Outside Sources / How to Download the Books That Just Entered the Public Domain
Public Domain Day was yesterday (Jan. 1, 2019) but you were probably hungover, so here’s how to download the tens of thousands of books...
Pankaj Mishra / New York Times
Mar 13, 20191 min read
Outside Sources / The Malign Incompetence of the British Ruling Class
With Brexit, the chumocrats who drew borders from India to Ireland are getting a taste of their own medicine. Describing Britain’s...
Matt Levin / CALmatters.org
Mar 13, 20191 min read
Outside Sources / Does “upzoning”—allowing taller, denser housing to be built—actually work?
For most California housing experts, the solution to the state’s housing crisis is pretty intuitive: Build more housing. Study after...