Last weekend, the White House Correspondents Association convened on the Washington Hilton for their annual dinner. Michelle Wolf, the invited comedian, told a few jokes, roasting both the press and the administration, both the political right wing and the left. … Continue reading The Leftorium Stands Up for the Sanctity of Access Journalism!
The NBA’s longest running playoff rivalry has been renewed with the 20th meeting of the Celtics and Sixers. Their first playoff meeting was in 1953, before the Syracuse Nationals moved to Philly and became the 76ers. Since then, there have … Continue reading Sports Corner – May 2
Tomorrow night, at long last the meat market is open for business. The NFL Draft is upon us. And it’s one of the weird SportsWorld things that kind of leaves me queasy. On the one hand, the concept of a … Continue reading Sports Corner – April 25
Congrats to the winners of the Boston Marathon, Yuki Kawauchi and Desiree Linden, and to everyone else who safely finished the run in miserable conditions (including sideways rain). Linden is the first American woman to win the event in 33 … Continue reading Sports Corner – April 18
Tonight, the Stanley Cup playoffs start. At the end of the playoffs, when the new champs (or the old, if the Penguins repeat once more) hoist the Cup – probably the most famous trophy in North America – it will … Continue reading Sports Corner – April 11
And so the college basketball season ends. On the men’s side, the unlikely gave way, as it usually does, to the inevitable as Villanova, hailed as the favorite a month ago, won with utter ease. On the women’s side, the … Continue reading Sports Corner – April 4
Friends, orange president continues to make a mockery of our brave institutions and in doing so, furthers his unrelenting assault on our national morale. But all hope isn’t lost for out of the ashen depths, a hero emerges. I am, … Continue reading The Leftorium Stands With Amazon
So the big news of the week is, of course, Sandpapergate! What, you haven’t heard about it? It’s been all over the Australian and British press. Even the NY Times covered it. But if you are an American, you can … Continue reading Sports Corner: March 28
I can’t say that I never heard of UMBC before. A former colleague is a curator at the gallery there. And I knew that it was in the Baltimore area. But I thought it was actually located near the Inner … Continue reading Sports Corner – March 21
Here is a list of the upcoming meetups. Feel free to still discuss upcoming meetups on separate threads (or here if you’d prefer). If you do not see your meetup included here, give the mods/admins time, they are only human … Continue reading Upcoming Meetups – DC
So much going on, so little time to write a witty intro So let’s just have at it. March Madness. Football free agency season. Spring training. And even some actual games that count, at least if you are jockeying for … Continue reading Sports Corner – March 14
This week on the Leftorium, we look at the growing movement within progressive circles to abolish ICE. First up, Sean McElwee outlines in The Nation how the existence of the agency is incompatible with democracy and how the agency came … Continue reading The Leftorium Champions the Good Things ICE is Known For
The sports world mourns two very different figures. Roger Bannister was the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes. In its time, this was huge, long before it became commonplace and before track and field became … Continue reading Sports Corner – March 7
In what should arguably be the biggest news story in the US right now, teachers in West Virginia are still on strike after the state legislature failed to meet their demands, which amount to a 5% wage increase and, perhaps … Continue reading The Leftorium Stands With Teachers
So the biggest story of the week – or maybe set of stories – is the ongoing investigation of college basketball by the FBI. And everything about it raises questions about the entirety of that sport, about the NCAA, about … Continue reading Sports Corner: February 28
Is there anything wackier than vacating wins? That is of course what happens when a college team is caught in a scandal and needs to be punished. Any games won while the misdeeds were happening is declared to have never … Continue reading Sports Corner: February 21
This week on the Leftorium, we’re pretending we meant for this to go up on Valentine’s Day and not yesterday as usual. Be cool. Look at all the pretty roses we got for you! In keeping with the theme, try … Continue reading The Leftorium – Valentine’s Day Edition
“In spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of baseball.” – After Lord Tennyson How better to celebrate Valentine’s Day – most assuredly not named for the respected former Mets manager and despised former Red Sox manager – by … Continue reading Sports Corner: February 14
Hats off to the Eagles on their first Super Bowl title. Some game, wasn’t it? (OK, as I have noted before, I have a rather ambivalent feeling about football, and don’t actually watch it anymore – and Patrick Chung playing … Continue reading Sports Corner: January 7
This week on the Leftorium, we pay visit to The Hague, known the world over for not being Amsterdam. According to parts of the wikipedia entry I skimmed just minutes before this went up, The Hague is home to a … Continue reading The Leftorium Will Go to Any Length to Protect Its Members
Can you improve paradise? Well, based on random comments that pop up on the OTs and SotC threads, there seems to be a general thought that you sure can. We’ve done the best we can to make this site as … Continue reading The Avocado Suggestion Thread
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