“Cast iron production flourished as well, with the raw materials in the area good for certain types of pipe—American Cast Iron Pipe Company (ACIPCO) was founded in Birmingham in 1905. Ultimately, however, the phosphorus content of the iron supply limited the area’s ability to produce high-quality steel products, although it was ideal for foundry pig iron, to the extent that in 1940 Birmingham provided 40…
“Can we forget for whom we are forming a government? Is it for men, or for the imaginary beings called States?” –James Wilson, author of U.S. Constitution (June 30, 1787) As of the writing of this sentence, if you google “Republican L” nothing really comes up. There’s no Wikipedia page for it, and there…
“He’s not just one of the great Alabama quarterbacks. AJ McCarron is on the short list of the most successful players in the history of college football…Then again, if you want to build a case for McCarron, you could do worse than starting here: He has as many national championships as he does defeats.” –Sports…
“The list is the origin of culture. It’s part of the history of art and literature. What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible…And how, as a human being, does one face infinity?…Through lists, through catalogs, through collections…There is an allure to enumerating how many women Don Giovanni slept with: It was 2,063, at least…
“I feel that ‘man-hating’ is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them…most men cheerfully affirm their deadly class privileges and power. And I hate that class.” –Robin Morgan, April 14, 1973 What is “Male Bail” I picked up on male bail through…