Tag Archives: Illinois

Voter Suppression efforts could determine the election

By Mark | September 4, 2012

As I don’t think I’ve written about voter suppression efforts on the part of Republicans for a few months, I thought that it was time to revisit the subject. Here’s what’s happening in a nutshell. Like it or not, America is becoming more diverse, and the white males that form the base of the Republican [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 24th Amendment, Brennan Center for Justice, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, race, Rick Snyder, SB 751, SB 754, SB 803, Scott Keeter, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, the south, the southern strategy, threats to Democracy, veto, Virginia, voter fraud, West Virginia, Wisconsin | 11 Comments

Orson Welles at 19… The Hearts of Age

By Mark | October 23, 2011

I know there’s stuff that I should be writing about, but I’m finding it incredibly difficult to get motivated tonight. So, instead of reading through the weekend’s news and trying to come up with something clever, I’m reading up on the early life of Orson Welles. Right now, I’m watching what’s thought to be his [...]

Posted in Art and Culture, OCD, Uncategorized | Also tagged avant-garde, bells, blackface, Chicago, Chris Barber, Citizen Kane, Dr. John, experimental film, Gary Graver, Greenwich, hanging, Jean Cocteau, Joseph McBride, Luis Bunuel, Orson Welles, Robert Wiene, The Blood of a Poet, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Hearts of Age, The Wicked Shall Cease (Saints), theatrical makeup, Todd School for Boys, Too Much Johnson, Un Chien Andalou, Virginia Nicholson, William Vance | 14 Comments

Happy Labor Day again, you Socialist sons of bitches!

By Mark | September 5, 2011

I know it’s probably cheating, but here’s something that I wrote a couple of years ago on the occasion of Labor Day. If anything, I think it’s even more appropriate today. As some of you probably know, Labor Day was first celebrated here in the United States in 1882. It wasn’t, however, made a national [...]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, History, Other | Also tagged 1882, American Railway Union, arbitration, Chicago, company towns, Eugene Debs, Grover Cleveland, John Peter Altgeld, Labor Day, minimum wage, National Guard, Peter S. Grosscup, Pullman, Pullman Palace Car Company, Pullman strike, Richard Olney, strikes, union busting, unions, William A. Woods, World's Colombian Exposition | 31 Comments

What to look for on Election night

By Mark | October 30, 2010

Our friend Robert just submitted the following, and I thought that it warranted a place up here, on the front page. If you have anything to add on the subject of Tuesday’s election, please leave a comment. On election night, here are the things to look for up through 8pm on the US Senate races. [...]

Posted in Politics | Also tagged election results, elections, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Robert, Senate, South Carolina, Vermont, West Virginia | 43 Comments

Cronyism in the Ypsi Public Schools?

By Mark | April 27, 2010

In a 4-3 vote last night, the Ypsi School Board voted to hire a new high school principal. And, as this newly hired principal, Justin Moore, coincidentally comes from the same school district in Champaign, Illinois as our new superintendent, Dedrick Martin, there have been charges of cronyism. The following clip, concerning Moore’s somewhat questionable [...]