Pollo Mariscala

I got this recipe from blogger Momo years ago and I have been looking for it; now I have found it. This recipe is from Veracruz. It is unusual and really good. 2T lard or oil 16 chicken livers 1 garlic clove minced 1 small onion minced 3 hard cooked egg yolks 2T parsley minsed … More Pollo Mariscala

Michael Bérubé

There was the question last year of LSU’s “Foreign Languages 14,” all instructors discontinued due to program reduction. Now this document on events in the UL system has been posted on the Louisiana AAUP website. I am reposting it in its entirety since it is a public document and important. I have emphasized a few … More Michael Bérubé

Paul Street

Obamaism’s shortcomings are the failures of the Democratic Party’s longstanding corporate-imperial centrism and of the dominant narrow political culture that pits an arch-plutocratic, extremist military party (the faux-“conservative” Republicans) against the “inauthentic opposition” of the conservative, faux progressive, and corporate-neoliberal Democrats and leaves no room for non-corporate parties that accurately reflect majority progressive opinion. The … More Paul Street

Edie Brickell

One thing that has been nice for me this summer is the weather. I have been unable to travel other summers when it has been dark, humid, and rainy. This year has been less humid and very luminous. I have not taken advantage of the good weather as well as I could have, but I … More Edie Brickell

Betty Ford

From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, via commenter human: According to Mrs. Ford, her young adult children probably had smoked marijuana — and if she were their age, she’d try it, too. She told “60 Minutes” she wouldn’t be surprised to learn that her youngest, 18-year-old Susan, was in a sexual relationship (an embarrassed Susan issued a … More Betty Ford