What to look for on Election night
Our friend Robert just submitted the following, and I thought that it warranted a place up here, on the front page. If you have anything to add on the subject of Tuesday’s election, please leave a...
View ArticleRewarding Corporations While Punishing Workers
Our friends at ThinkProgress had a great piece yesterday on how different states are setting out to address their budget shortfalls. It would seem that not all states are seeking to balance their...
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Jeff Kay’s first novel, Crossroads Road
Over the years, I’ve mentioned my friend Jeff Kay here a few times. He and I got to know one another, trading our zines through the mail in the mid-90′s, and, then, at some point later in the decade,...
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For-profit prisons… What could possibly go wrong?
As it’s been a while since we’ve had a post here about the prison industrial complex, I thought that I’d pass along this clip from Charles Blow’s recent piece in the New York Times. “Louisiana is the...
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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews: Adrianne Finelli
After living among us for the past half dozens years, Adrianne Finelli will be leaving shortly for Pennsylvania. I took the opportunity to ask her a few questions. MARK: Where will you be moving to and...
View ArticleVoter Suppression efforts could determine the election
As I don’t think I’ve written about voter suppression efforts on the part of Republicans for a few months, I thought that it was time to revisit the subject.Here’s what’s happening in a nutshell. Like...
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Election Night 2012… results, interpretation, and celebration
OK, I’ve got my beer and I’m in front of a television… let’s do this, America.8:13 I just talked with Growing Hope’s Amanda Edmonds. She heard from a friend of hers this morning that there was a...
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The stealing of the next Presidential election, and Michigan’s evolving role
A week or so ago, in a post about partisan redistricting, I noted that rumors were beginning to circulate concerning a Republican push to change the way Michigan’s electoral college votes are cast in...
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Who would you like to see dragged back to Ypsi/Arbor against their will?
For those of you who didn’t notice, I’ve added a link at the bottom of the right hand column. When clicked, it will take you to a page where I’ve started collecting all of our Ypsi/Arbor Exit...
View ArticleWill Michigan Republicans make a move to rig the 2016 election by changing...
According to Michigan Radio, state Republicans, despite the serious push-back they’ve been getting from voters, and the fact that a similar measure has apparently fizzled in Virginia, have every...
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Local Musicians on Vacation: Matt Jones at Gettysburg, with Sarah Campbell
Occasionally, I get good ideas. I’m not sure if this is one of those times, but it occurred to me a few days ago that I should have a regular feature on the site in which I talk with local musicians...
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All aboard for Gettysburg
As you know if you read this site, I interviewed local musician Matt Jones over this past weekend about his all-consuming love for Gettysburg… Well, somewhere during our conversation, thanks in large...
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The Untold History of Zines…. Robert Helms on Guinea Pig Zero
In an attempt to better document the American underground press, or at least the sharp, rusty sliver of it that infected me 20-some years ago, I’ve given myself the task of interviewing all of the zine...
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The Untold History of Zines…. Jeff “Keffo” Kelly on TempSlave!
In an attempt to better document the sharp, rusty sliver of the American undrground press that worked its way through the protective coating of my heart 20-some years ago, I’ve given myself the task of...
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Welcome to Michigan, where we invest in anti-abortion pseudo-science bullying...
Last year, Republicans in Michigan’s legislature passed a budget which included a $700,000 “abortion alternatives program” to be managed by the faith-based organization Real Alternatives. While the...
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The Porking of Michigan: We were promised high-tech jobs. Instead, we were...
A few years ago, I interviewed an author here by the name of Ted McClelland, a former Michigander who, as you might recall, had stirred up a little bit of a shit storm after referring to our home state...
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Ypsi Immigration Interview: Misha Tuesday
After fleeing Ypsilanti for Chicago several years ago to pursue fame and fortune in the lucrative field of birthday party entertainment, the man who now calls himself Misha Tuesday has returned home to...
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J. Alex Halderman, director of the University of Michigan Center for Computer...
On Election Day, J. Alex Halderman, the director of the University of Michigan Center for Computer Security and Society, told the BBC, “Unless the election is extraordinarily close, it is unlikely...
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Of course it’s all about oil… Putin, Trump, and the campaign to keep the...
I’ve been struggling since the election to catch even a glimpse of the big picture. Like many of you, despite my best intentions, I tend to get swept up in the horror of the day. I want to look...
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We’re just one Republican vote away from stopping Betsy DeVos from taking...
Today, Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska announced on the floor of the Senate that they would not be voting to confirm President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of...
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