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This week in lies… the “dishonest media” isn’t telling you that the murder rate has never been higher, no president has ever been as disrespected as Trump, and terrorist attacks are taking place all around us

By Mark | February 10, 2017

Usually, when I talk about the administration’s lies, I try to provide context. I make it a point to explain what it is that I mean by “lies,” and offer some kind of justification as to why I think it’s important that we acknowledge these events. Today, though, I’m just going to jump right into […]

Posted in Media, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alex Jones, alternative facts, Anthony Zurcher, anti-Muslim, anti-Muslim violence, birther, Central Command, CNN, conspiracy theory, cult of victimhood, disrespect, Donald Trump, fake news, false flag, Hitler, InfoWars, Jake Tapper, Kathleen Sebelius, Kellyanne Conway, lies, Louvre, murder, Muslim, Obama, post-truth, Quebec, Republican lies, respect, rewriting history, Sandy Hook, Sean Spicer, terrorism, the future of journalism, the press, truth, victimhood, white nationalism | 16 Comments

The fight over the future of public education in America moves to the full Senate, as Betsy DeVos’s nomination for Secretary of Education passes out of committee

By Mark | February 1, 2017

The above photo was taken by my friend Al Hoff today outside an elementary school in Pittsburg. While I imagine it’s possible that someone could have hung the flag upside down by mistake, I suspect it probably has something to do with what’s happening right now in Washington relative to public education. [The upside down […]

Posted in A2Awesome, Education, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Al Hoff, Alaska, Anchorage, Betsy DeVos, charter schools, confirmation hearings, Dick DeVos, dismantling of public education, education reform, for-profit charter schools, Lisa Murkowski, Maine, PTA, public education, religious fundamentalism, religious intolerance, Secretary of Education, Senate, Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions, Susan Collins, threats to public education, virtual charters | 22 Comments

“It would be like the nuclear arms race, but with cock-like structures.”

By Mark | January 25, 2015

I uttered this sentence last night, and I thought that it should be recorded for posterity… Every year or two since 2003, when Cabinet magazine named Ypsilanti’s historic water tower the winner of it’s World’s Most Phallic Building contest, a website somewhere decides to post a story about the our beloved “brick dick.” Most recently, […]

Posted in History, Ideas, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1889, 1890, Appeal to Reason, bad ideas, brick dick, cocks, Kansas, limestone, Mark's art ideas, Mark's big ideas, Matt Siegfried, Most Phallic Building contest, phallic structures, phallic things, privatization, public utilities, Roadtrippers, water, water towers, William R. Coats, Ypsilanti water tower | 5 Comments

Mary Ayling, on immigrating to Ypsilanti from Chicago, and opening an art gallery in her home

By Mark | March 8, 2012

Late last year, I received a cryptic note from the wife of an old friend in Seattle, alerting me to the fact that a woman was moving from Chicago to Ypsilanti with the intention of opening an art gallery in her apartment. As Linette was just about to give birth, I didn’t do anything with […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Detroit, Shadow Art Fair, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged alternative art venues, art galleries, Bridgeport, Chelsea Cossu, Chicago, clutch, Clutch Gallery, Cranbrook, Fill in the Blank Gallery, forensics, glass, glass blowing, Krampus Ball, Kristen Althoff, Laura Bernstein, Leon Bernstein, Mark's art ideas, Mark's big ideas, Mary Ayling, medicine cabinet, Midas Eyes, Ohio, Parlour Room Gallery, Pilsen, pop-up galleries, purses, Spur Studios, Sylvania, The Gallery Project, Toledo, University of Michigan, Ypsi immigration interview | 12 Comments

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This week in lies… the “dishonest media” isn’t telling you that the murder rate has never been higher, no president has ever been as disrespected as Trump, and terrorist attacks are taking place all around us

The fight over the future of public education in America moves to the full Senate, as Betsy DeVos’s nomination for Secretary of Education passes out of committee

“It would be like the nuclear arms race, but with cock-like structures.”

Mary Ayling, on immigrating to Ypsilanti from Chicago, and opening an art gallery in her home

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