I was feeling a little nostalgic this morning, thinking about how, this year, there would be no Ypsilanti Fourth of July parade. So I decided to look through the archive and see what I’d said about the parade in the past. Following is one of my posts from a few years ago. I’m curious to […]
I marched in the Ypsi 4th of July parade this morning. If I didn’t wave back to you, I’m sorry. I had my hands full making sure that Arlo didn’t get too close to the SUV in front of us, which I believe contained someone seeking elected office. Here we are, fulfilling our patriot obligation. […]
By Mark | November 3, 2015
The Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation a few days ago awarded a $1,000 grant to Virginia Lozano, an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, who, along with her twin sister Beatriz, created an education technology company called Leesta in order to “inspire 8-11 year olds by teaching American History through the stories of women.” After bestowing […]
Posted in A2Awesome, Awesome Foundation, Education, History | Also tagged A People's History of the United States, advertising, American Studies, animation, art school, autism, awesome women, Beatriz Lozano, Bessie Coleman, BrainPop, Charles H. Wright African American Museum, Coco Chanel, Dolores Huerta, education reform, entrepreneurship, gamification, Grace Lee Boggs, hugging machine, Leesta, Mike Huckabee, misunderstanding American history, Paula Friedrich, rewriting history, software, Stamps School of Art and Design, Stephanie O’ Neil, strong women, Temple Grandin, University of Michigan, Virginia Lozano, women who kick ass, Zinn Education Project |
By Mark | August 23, 2014
In 2012, when conservative author Dinesh D’Souza lost his job as President of The King’s College, an evangelical Christian school based in Manhattan, I didn’t think it likely that he’d ever have another of his ridiculous “documentaries” made. But I guess Neocons, for all of their talk of family values, don’t really give a fuck […]
Posted in Other, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged A People's History of the United States, America: Imagine A World Without Her, Dinesh D’Souza, Noam Chomsky, propaganda, Rand Paul, Saul Alinsky, slavery, Ted Cruz, Ward Churchill |
In spite of the warrantless phone tapping, the daily drone strikes, and the fact that wealth is rapidly concentrating in the hands of just a few, I actually love America. For all of its flaws, I think we’ve created something truly unique and beautiful here… something worth fighting for. It’s an extremely fragile thing, this […]