I wasn’t able to get away from work and attend in person, but my good friend, and former bandmate, Pete Larson, who often leaves comments on this site, was awarded his PhD on Friday afternoon. I am incredibly proud of him. A lot of people that I know bemoan how shitty their lives are, but […]
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Introducing my newly educated friend, Doctor Pete Larson
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Mark's Life Also tagged 502 Catherine Street, Africa, Alright, Anarchy is Stupid, bed nets, Epidemiology, Face Like A Piranha, infectious diseases, Kenya, malaria, Pete Larson, Prehensile Monkeytailed Skink, punk, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, world health 22 Comments
The apparent end of public education as we know it in Philadelphia
We’ve talked at length on this site, over the past several years, about the coordinated campaign to dismantle public education in the United States. Sadly, Michigan is often at the forefront of this national conservative movement. Images of pregnant teenage girls being arrested as they try to keep their schools from closing and boys picketing […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Education, Politics Also tagged Al Sharpton, Ben Jealous, Bill Gates, Bush tax cuts, Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women, charter schools, education reform, Frederick Douglass Academy, Good Morning America is crap, Grover Norquist, Philadelphia, public education, starve the beast, Thomas Knudsen, wealth inequality 38 Comments
Billionaires stepping up, acknowledging their good fortune, and doing what’s right
Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffett have challenged their fellow American billionaires to pledge at least half of their net worth to charity, either in their lifetimes or at their death. And, always one to lead by example, Warren Buffet today announced that he would be donating all but 1% of his wealth. Following […]