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BALLE founder Judy Wicks on the origins of Urban Outfitters, the birth of the Localist movement, and the necessity of local ownership

By Mark | June 23, 2012

Recently, while in Grand Rapids, I had the occasion to meet Judy Wicks, the founder of the White Dog Cafe in Philadelphia, and the woman who, ten years ago, brought the Business Alliance for Living Local Economies (BALLE) into being. Since the meeting, we’ve been chatting by way of email… Here’s the interview. MARK: Having [...]

How Thick is Your Bubble?

By Mark | March 10, 2012

A few days ago, in response to something that I’d posted about the battle being waged between anti-tax, “small government” Republicans and those of us fighting to maintain public services, someone calling himself Alan2102, emerged from the shadows to accuse a number of us of being “out-of-touch” with the values of real Americans – those [...]

Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Other, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alan2102, Charles Murray, childhood obesity, class warfare, Coming Apart: The State of White America: 1960-2010, domestic beer, domestic violence, evolution, Git-R-Done, Global Warming, homophobia, Kentucky Fried Chicken, NASCAR, Obama, quiz, RIck Santorum, tits ass and robots, Transformers, utensils, wife beating, xenophobia | 26 Comments

What Would LBJ Do?

By Mark | August 7, 2011

I was just sitting here in bed, holding a wet washcloth to my throbbing head, and thinking about how ineffective Obama has been at pushing the Democratic agenda (see last post), when it occurred to me, as it often does at times like these, that we could use a man like LBJ in the White [...]

Posted in History, Ideas, Mark's Life, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 48 Hours, Flintstones, Glenn Beck, Haggar, John Goodman, Kentucky Fried Chicken, LBJ, Lyndon Johnson, Mark's big ideas, Michael Cera, Midnight Run, Obama, tea party, television show idea, The Great Gazoo, zombie | 21 Comments

Good work, Township! You now look like every other chain-glutted strip mall wasteland in America.

By Mark | May 31, 2011

I try not to rant too much here. Believe it or not, I restrain myself for the most part. I try, as best as I can, to limit my posts to subjects where I believe I have positive, constructive things to add. That’s not so much the case tonight, though. There’s nothing positive left to [...]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Rants, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1964, bowling, Golfside, good design, hideous places, historic preservation, local economy, retaining Ypsi businesses, sense of place, sign museum, South Dakota, Starkweather House, Washtenaw Avenue, Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, Wes Prater, Ypsi Arbor Bowl, Ypsilanti Historical Society | 9 Comments

Doubling down and packing on the weight

By Mark | April 5, 2010

A few people, in the wake of last night’s post on Jamie Oliver and the so-called “food revolution” that he’s bringing to our shores, have demanded that, in the spirit of fairness, I put something up on the site about Kentucky Fried Chicken’s recent announcement that they’ll be going live with the Double Down – [...]

Posted in Food | Also tagged April 12, calories, dialysis, Donna Simpson, Double Down, fat, food revolution, healthy food access, Huntington, Jamie Oliver, Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, obesity, processed food, Ricky Gervais, sodium, Treasure Bombshell, weight issues, West Virginia | 25 Comments

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How Thick is Your Bubble?

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Good work, Township! You now look like every other chain-glutted strip mall wasteland in America.

Doubling down and packing on the weight

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