Nick Baumann |
I cover national politics and civil liberties issues for the Washington, DC bureau of Mother Jones. I have also written for The Economist, the Washington Monthly, the Atlantic, and Commonweal. Email me at nbaumann [at] motherjones [dot] com. |
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Notes A Very Brief History of Why It's So Hard to Get From Brooklyn to QueensToday I learned that the end of trolley service in many major American cities was the result of a criminal conspiracy.
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Notes Mother Jones magazine on Tumblr: Original, unedited caption: Jun 15, 1976 - Plains, Georgia, U.S....
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Jun 15, 1976 - Plains, Georgia, U.S. President JIMMY CARTER takes a forceful swing during a softball game at his alma mater - Plains High School in Plains, Georgia. Catching is James Wooten of The New York Times and the ump is Ralph Nader dressed in a heavy wool…
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Stunning black & white photo of the Capitol via Ghosts of DC
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Notes"Paisley wants to know how he can express his Southern Pride. Here are some ways. He could hold a huge party on Martin Luther King’s birthday, to celebrate a Southerner’s contribution to the world of democracy. He could rock a T-shirt emblazoned with Faulkner’s Light In August, and celebrate the South’s immense contribution to American literature. He could preach about the contributions of unknown Southern soldiers like Andrew Jackson Smith. He could tell the world about the original Cassius Clay. He could insist that Tennessee raise a statue to Ida B. Wells." -
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Marin county used to be called Oakland andparts of Oakland used to be called Brooklyn. Map of the County of Alameda. Drawn by M.B. Haynes, C.E. Published by Thompson & West, Oakland, Cal. (1878) - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. Via Dave Gilson.Correction: I misread this map….
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That’s right, my increasingly pudgy-fingered players, you used to want to be irons—ready to strike. Now you want to be cats—playing with toys until your overindulgence in organic treats catches up with you and you fall asleep belly-up.
Now I will go to my penthouse, to retire, and sit on my terrace overlooking Park Avenue and feel the sun on my triangular face. I will be the last generation of Americans able to do that. Enjoy your cat.
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A Reminder of the Truly Bygone Eras in D.C.
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Notes In which Fox News tells us that the East German Stasi secret police may have perpetrated a massacre in France in June 1944. -
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Notes"By any measure of fidelity to the Constitution, Shelby County should be an easy case…"
