Tag Archives: Big Bird

Announcing that five Ypsi schools share one librarian, 826 Michigan asks for volunteers to staff libraries so that our children can once again check out books

By Mark | October 24, 2012

When I received the above message earlier this afternoon, I didn’t think there was any way that it could possibly be true… I knew, of course, that Ypsi’s schools had suffered severe cuts. Just a few weeks ago, I’d watched Linette design a poster for Fly Children’s Art Center, drawing attention to the fact that […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Education, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 826Michigan, Amanda Uhle, Amy Sumerton, books, budget cuts, Bush tax cuts, childhood, deregulation, dismantling of public education, epic rants, FLY Children's Art Center, librarians, libraries, military budget, Mitt Romney, PBS, public education, tax the rich, Wall Street deregulation, Ypsilanti Public Schools | 43 Comments

Mitt Romney fires PBS’s Jim Lehrer on live television, during the first televised presidential debate

By Mark | October 3, 2012

My thoughts on the debate can be found below… For those of you who aren’t already obligated to worship at the alter of Honey Boo Boo tonight, and want to be in the company of other humans, it looks as though the presidential debate is going to be shown at a few places in the […]