By Mark | December 10, 2020
As you may have heard, the Supreme Court issued a one sentence order on Tuesday stating that they would not be hearing the case brought by Pennsylvania Republicans to overturn Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in their state. Trump’s assault on our nation isn’t over yet, though. There’s still one more election-related case before America’s […]
Also posted in Michigan, Politics | Tagged 2020 election, Attorney General, Ben Sasse, Donald Trump, election rigging, electoral college, FBI, Georgia, House of Representatives, Josh Shapiro, Joshua Kaul, Ken Paxton, Michigan, Mitch McConnell, pardons, Pennsylvania, sedition, Supreme Court, Texas, Wisconsin |
By Mark | December 3, 2020
I was 13 years old on December 29, 1981 — the day that my great grandmother Minnie Wise Florian died in Liberty, Kentucky. I was with her when she passed, a few weeks after her 89th birthday. It was a traumatic night. My father was out, playing basketball with some old high school friends, and […]
Also posted in Mark's Life | Tagged anxiety, Arlo, cathartic, Charles Maynard, crying, Death, depression, family history, fatherhood, gratitude, Huron River, Minnie Wise Florian, OCD, suicide |
By Mark | December 1, 2020
My son Arlo turns 9 years old today. This (above) is what he looks like these days. This was taken a few days ago on one of our long, late morning walks around Ypsilanti between his two online class periods. I suspect, at some point, he’ll tire of hanging around with me, but, as of […]
By Mark | November 28, 2020
Everyone suspects that, in the wake of the Thanksgiving weekend, things will get a whole lot worse on the COVID-19 front. And things are already really, really bad. [Ted Cruz was apparently wrong when he told us that we’d never hear another thing about COVID-19 after the election.] As of right now, about 90,000 Americans […]
Also posted in Health, Michigan, Politics | Tagged 2020, 2020 election, COVID-19, Donald Trump, fear, FOX News, hoax, infectious disease, masks, North Dakota, pandemic, populism, public health, Republican Party, Ted Cruz |
By Mark | November 22, 2020
Michigan’s election results are supposed to be certified tomorrow, but there’s some doubt as to whether or not it’ll actually happen. It appears as if, even though every individual county has certified their election results, and no actual evidence of election fraud has been offered, the two Republicans on the State Board of Canvassers may […]
Also posted in Michigan, Politics | Tagged 2020 election, Aaron Van Langevelde, coup, Donald Trump, election fraud, election rigging, electoral college, faithless Electors, Gretchen Whitmer, Jim Lilly, Joe Biden, Jon Favreau, Laura Cox, Lee Chatfield, Norman Shinkle, Paul Mitchell, State Board of Canvassers, Trump Hotel |
