I just received an email titled “Be Warned” from someone claiming to be disgraced former State Representative Cindy Gamrat demanding that I make a public apology for having claimed on this site that she A) used tax payer funds to cover up an extramarital affair, and B) shared an office with her lover, State Representative […]
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“Be Warned”… Cindy Gamrat demands that I apologize to her
Posted in Michigan, Politics Also tagged Allegan County, Ayn Rand, Cindy Gamrat, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Lansing, Michigan House of Representatives, scandal, sex, tea party, Todd Courser, William Hickman 15 Comments
You know those religious fanatics who fled England for America in 1630 with John Winthrop? Well, I’m apparently descended from one of them.
It had never crossed my mind that I might be descended from Puritans. I mean, I knew it was a possibility, as I was aware that members of my family had come over from England, but I didn’t think it was likely. Maybe it’s because I spend so much of my life railing against religious […]
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 1630, Arthur Lee Avery, Arthur Robert Avery, Avery, Beardstown, bibles, Breeches Bible, Bunker Hill, Christopher Avery, Dunham Bible Museum, family history, geneology, Gloucester, Great Migration, Houston Baptist University, Illinois, John Winthrop, Madona, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Miley Cyrus, Pepperell, Pickle, Puritan, Revolutionary War, Schuyler County, Stackpole House, Thomas Avery, William Prescott, WWII 21 Comments
My tenuous and ugly connection to our new Miss America
The other day, I caught part of an interview with our recently crowned Miss America, Laura Kaeppeler. I wouldn’t normally watch something like that, but she was talking about how she wanted to use her new celebrity to draw attention to the plight of children with incarcerated parents, and I guess I found that compelling. […]