CEOs running our schools… what could possibly go wrong?
If you’ll recall, a couple of weeks ago I posted some video here of State Senator Rebekah Warren commenting on Governor Rick Snyder’s Emergency Financial Manager Act. Warren noted, among other things,...
View ArticleTea Party summer camp
The St. Petersburg Times is reporting today that a Tampa area Tea Party group calling itself the Tampa 912 Project is offering a summer camp for kids in July. Here’s a clip from the article: …The...
View ArticleBlogbaby episode seven: Chelsea Lowe on learning to fall
[While I'm busy scrubbing poop from diapers and other articles of clothing, several friends have been kind enough to provide content for this site, through a program we're calling Blogbaby. Today's...
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Derrick Jensen on the necessity of armed revolution, the futility of...
A few nights ago, as a part of Eastern Michigan University’s weeklong “Activism and Education” festivities, noted author and environmental activist Derrick Jensen addressed students and members of the...
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How should we talk with our young daughters about Malala Yousafzai?
Tonight I have a question for those of you out there with young daughters…I’m wondering how, if at all, you’re talking with your daughters about Malala Yousafzai, the incredibly brave Pakistani 14 year...
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Bill Nye to battle Ken Ham in epic Flintstone Face-off
If you’ve read this site for any length of time, you likely know how I feel about Ken Ham, the Australian ex-patriot (and accomplished charlatan) behind the evangelical anti-science group, Answers in...
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FLY Children’s Art Center to launch Fabulous Contraptions series with...
Earlier today the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation awarded $1,000 in cash to representatives of Ypsilanti’s FLY Children’s Art Center to help fund the launch of a community-wide event called Fabulous...
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With Snyder’s EAA going down in flames, the EMU community urges their...
On Thursday, February 20, at 10:00 AM, members of the Eastern Michigan University (EMU) community opposed to the ongoing association between their university and the Snyder administration’s troubled...
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Sausage-loving philanthropists square off to take on 20-foot bratwursts for a...
Remember how, a few days ago, I told you that I was working on a top-secret, meat-related project? Well, I can now share the details…Here’s the press release: March 3, 2014WURST CHALLENGE announced for...
View ArticleMark Schauer tells me over beers, “I’m going to beat Rick Snyder whether or...
Yesterday evening, after work, one thing led to another and I found myself locked in the basement of Arbor Brewing along with with Mark Schauer, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Michigan....
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Zines, local indie film, restorative justice, and the music of Junglefowl …on...
As of right now, at least according to Facebook, I’m the only person who plans on listening to this weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack. That doesn’t mean, however, that the show we have lined...
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State Rep Jeff Irwin on Lansing’s response to the Flint disaster, the case...
Those of you who, after last week’s show, predicted that I would never return to the Saturday Six Pack, failed to consider one thing… I have no where else to go. So, yes, we’re going to be back on the...
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Dear Mr. Trump: Will You Advance a Moral Agenda?
Tomorrow night, as people around the world gather to celebrate the coming of 2017, Reverend Dr. William Barber II, along with several other leaders of the American faith community, will be...
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