Contemplating the life of Veronica Lake
It started out innocently enough… I was sitting here, waiting for the storm to begin, and listening to two of my favorite people, Michael McKean and Christopher Guest, discussing one of my favorite...
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On anti-Chinese racism, Emperor Norton, my political ambitions, and lots of...
A few days ago, an irate reader of this site left a comment, vowing that, if I should ever decide to run for Mayor of Ypsilanti, he would make it his mission to stop me. He was apparently compelled to...
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Tying to make sense of last night’s mass murder in Colorado
I should be spending my evening thinking about just what in the hell I’m going to do at tomorrow’s Shadow Art Fair, but I can’t stop reading about last night’s horrific events in Colorado. Predictably,...
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I’m sure it’s just a coincidence, but the man thought to be the I-96 shooter...
An arrest has been made in the case of the I-96 shootings. A man from Wixom by the name of Raulie Wayne Casteel has been taken into custody. According to the Daily Tribune, “Casteel was charged with...
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The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary… agendas at play, profits to be made
As you’ve no doubt heard, a gunman entered an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut yesterday morning, taking the lives of 20 children (all 6 and 7 years old) and 6 adults. It’s a heartbreaking...
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Benicio del Toro’s upcoming film “A.K.A. Jimmy Picard” to feature the...
One day earlier this winter, as I was making my way around town, pushing my sleeping son in his stroller, I decided to turn down Washington Street and see if I could find Naia Venturi, the owner of...
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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Thom Elliott
MARK: So, Thom, I hear that you’re going to be leaving us sometime soon. What’s up? I’m hoping it wasn’t anything that anyone said on my site.THOM: No such luck. My life is in a time of great...
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Does Washtenaw County have sufficient infrastructure to keep people warm this...
With yet another huge winter storm system headed our way, and temperatures expected to reach well below 0 °F by the end of this weekend, I reached out to several people who work with Washtenaw County’s...
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Increasing options for our neighbors without either heat or shelter
On Saturday I posted something here about the plight of the homeless during this week’s polar vortex, which, as I understand it, has brought temperatures near levels not experienced in the region since...
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The City-wide Easter egg hunt is on, and everyone is looking for the map to...
“Squirrel eating a Totally Awesome Fest egg outside the Co-op… It better not be the one with the secret brunch location!” -Georgina SusanI went out this morning with the kids looking for Totally...
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Talking mental illness, stigma, suicide and personalized treatment options...
In the immediately aftermath of Robin Williams’ death, there was a great deal of talk in the press about suicide, depression, and the fact that the two, all too often, go hand in hand. As someone who...
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Is the government really coming for the guns of climate change deniers?
Sometimes, on my way home from work, if I can’t find anything else on the radio, I listen to the ranting of WAAM’s Terry “Thayrone X” Hughes. This evening, I happened to tune in during a segment on...
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We can do better for our children suffering from mental illness
Over the past year or so, a friend of mine in Ann Arbor has had to spend quite a bit of time in the emergency room with her son due to various physical and mental issues he’s had to deal with, and the...
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Members of the Ypsilanti community talk with city officials about living in...
Following are my extremely rough, admittedly incomplete notes on tonight’s meeting of the Ypsilanti Police-Community Relations / Black Lives Matter Joint Task Force. If you were also in the audience,...
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Val Lutton and the gilded boy
I was about a half hour into the 1942 horror classic Cat People last night, when I decided to take a break and do a little research into the film’s Russian-born producer, Val Lewton. Well, one thing...
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For almost a year now, Donald Trump has neglected to acknowledge, let alone...
Since January 6 of this year, when Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan, National Security Agency chief Michael Rogers, and FBI Director James Comey paid a visit...
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Donald Trump, dragging the world along with him on his descent into madness
On Christmas day, Donald Trump tweeted that he would be going “back to work” the next day. He then proceeded to spend the next seven days golfing, sometimes doing so behind a large white truck that had...
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Trump, looking to squash stories of his mental instability, declares himself...
Remember how, a few days ago, we were talking about Trump’s descent into madness? Well, I guess we were wrong. Our President issued a formal statement this morning announcing himself to be “a very...
View ArticleIt Can Happen Here… The Q-virus spreads to Michigan
We’ve talked about the right wing Qanon conspiracy theory here before, and I’m not inclined to give any more of a platform to those among us who believe that an incredibly noble Donald Trump is...
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Yet another young white male with a gun goes on a killing rampage citing the...
Yesterday morning, at approximately 11:00 AM, Patrick Crusius, a 21-year-old white male wth a history of racist views, walked into the Walmart next to El Paso’s Cielo Vista Mall with an AK-47-style...
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