A neat little David Carr piece about my grad school friend Conor Kenny’s experience at the Mohawk...
Nob Akimoto
Nob Akimoto is a policy analyst and part-time dungeon master. When not talking endlessly about matters of public policy, he is a dungeon master on the NWN World of Avlis
My grandfather, Tamotsu Akimoto died on the 12th. He’d lived through 3 Emperors, a World War, an...
Republican Rep Tom Cole is unhappy with the Washington Redskins name and has sent a letter with...
I’m not out to start an intra-blog war. Kazzy isn’t the first one to suggest that the...
After Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit in December, Yasukuni Shrine is once again a focus of international controversy....
The White House has released its new “Report and Recommendations of The President’s Review Group on Intelligence...
Despite stiff competition from many state houses and even the US Capitol this season, the Michigan Legislature...
Six month deal between Iran and P5+1 reached over nuclear program.
…if employers reducing costs by cutting labor costs ala Walmart is laudable, does that make Costco the...
…it’s because of inflicting spontaneous violence on jackasses like this.
The rapid increase in capital mobility has propelled economic globalization. Labor lags significantly behind in mobility increases....
…please stop fucking around with the debt ceiling. The fluctuations in Treasury yields do horrible things to...
Nob looks at the balance act involved in constitutionalism.
So evidently Edward Snowden sought asylum in a country that’s been doing this stuff. Do we want...
A symbol of all that is wrong with the current American corporate culture and legal system. This...
A point of breathless speculation by the international twitterati has been whether or not the US Congress...
Dear House Tea Party Caucus, Either the debt-limit is no big deal and therefore you can blow...
Abusing its power as the custodian of internet traffic is going to cost the US. Why the...
…well the civil war’s still going on, but airstrike averted maybe. Everyone seems to get a bit...