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Local street party
Taste of Ann Arbor is this weekend. I’ve never been before, but I hear that it’s a good time. I’d like to do something similar in Ypsi, but I don’t find the idea of a “Taste of Ypsi” all that...
View ArticleMichigan Tea Party calls security on seniors attempting to enter event with...
The great state of Michigan is making national news again. This time it’s for keeping senior citizens out of a town hall event with their elected representative in Congress.The following report comes...
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Zingerman’s co-founder Paul Saginaw on the importance of robust local...
For the first time ever, the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) will be holding its national, annual conference for independently owned, socially responsible businesses, here, in...
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Ben Cohen on Occupy, independent business networks, and defacing currency to...
I had the opportunity yesterday, at the BALLE conference, to hear ice cream magnate Ben Cohen, of Ben and Jerry’s fame, talking about the point of intersection where the local business movement, Occupy...
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Grand Rapids shows us how economic development is done right… home-grown food...
A few months ago, when I was in Grand Rapids, attending the annual BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies) conference, I had the occasion to hear a speech given by the city’s Mayor, George...
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Ted McClelland on fleeing “Michissippi” and why we’ll never be able to keep...
Here on the site last week, I twice invoked an article that had appeared on Salon.con entitled Right-to-work bill: Michigan just gives up. Well, the second time I did so, the author of the piece, Ted...
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Having won the title of World’s Best Comic Book Store, Ann Arbor’s Vault of...
After years of shopping at Ann Arbor’s much-beloved comic book shop Vault of Midnight, I finally had the occasion a few weeks ago, at an event hosted by Concentrate Media, to meet the store’s founder...
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Missed Connection
You: An elderly African American gentleman in cream colored windbreaker and a read Marine Corps baseball cap, nearly hit in the head by my infant son’s sippy cup. Me: A doughy, over-apologetic,...
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It’s time to let the nine Michigan Republicans in Congress know that we hold...
Today I received an email from Lon Johnson, the Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party. In it, he shared the following fact. “Every single Michigan Republican member of Congress,” he said, “voted in...
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Free Comic Book Day to be celebrated at Vault of Midnight this Saturday
Every year, on the first Saturday in May, all the people of the earth drop their weapons for a few hours, put aside their considerable differences, and come together to celebrate Free Comic Book Day....
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Ypsi’s newest startup, Hyperion Coffee, wants to do more than just roast the...
At some point in the next six weeks or so, a new business will be opening in Depot Town, a coffee roastery by the name of Hyperion. It’s the brainchild of Eric Mullins and Dan Kubera, both of whom...
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Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Jen Proctor
I’m sure I’ll live to regret it, but I made the decision this weekend, after learning that filmmaker Jen Proctor had moved to Ypsi Township, to broaden the scope of the Ypsi Immigration Interview...
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Even people in his own party think Bill Schuette is a douche
I haven’t been watching the Michigan gubernatorial race all that closely. Today, though, when I read that the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce had decided to endorse controversial, far-right Michigan...
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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Talking with white people about Trump in Grand Rapids
It would appear as though the folks at NBC News have identified Kent County, Michigan as one of five critical battleground counties across the country that could, along with places like Beaver County,...
View ArticleHow to handle groceries and wash produce in the age of COVID-19
Our friend Lynne just left a comment here, alerting us to the existence of a video, made by Grand Rapids-based family practitioner, Dr. Jeffrey VanWingen, about how one should handle groceries in the...
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75 days before the election, mail sorting machines are being removed in Grand...
Yesterday, in response to the overwhelming public outcry over the U.S Postal Service decommissioning mail sorting equipment prior to the upcoming presidential election, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy...
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2020 Election Open Thread
I don’t know how much I’ll be able to update this throughout the day, but I thought that I’d start up a thread, just so that we’d have somewhere to discuss voting, the results of the election, etc....
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