Last night, after watching highlights from Donald Trump’s disturbing performance at CPAC, I posted the following to Twitter. And, as a few people have asked me what I meant by it, I thought that I’d post an explanation here. McCarthyism started this way, with threats against institutions of higher education designed to force out liberal […]
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Trump threatens to withhold research funding from universities that aren’t more welcoming to those who disregard facts and refute science
Posted in Ann Arbor, History, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 1954, Alan Haber, Chandler Davis, Clement Markert, CPAC, Donald Trump, executive actions, First Amendment, Free Speech, hate speech, Herman Webster Mudgett, higher education, History, House Unamerican Activities Committee, Joseph McCarthy, Mark Nickerson, McCarthyism, Pete Larson, red scare, research, SDS, Stephen Tonsor, Students for Democratic Society, Theodore Kaczynski, Unabomber, University of Michigan, university research, whore 268 Comments
The infinitely adapting life form known as David Bowie has been called back home
There was no way that David Bowie wasn’t going to be famous. His will was too strong. As childhood friends of his have said, he was already preparing for fame at nine, aggressively moving between fads, attempting to catch the right one at the right time in order to propel him toward celebrity. He was […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged another famous person has died, Apollo 11, Arnold Corns, Brian Epstein, celebrity, David Bowie, David Bowie Wants Idea, determination, fads, fame, Jeff Starship, Joey Ramone, Longwater, Lou Reed, Lour Reed, Love You till Tuesday, Major Tom, Moonage Daydream, rural pop, Sniper, sociopaths, space, Space Oddity, The Ostrich, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men, Timothy Monger, trends, Ziggy Stardust 43 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, family values, geneology, Gloucester, Great Migration, Houston Baptist University, Illinois, John Winthrop, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Miley Cyrus, Pepperell, Pickle, Puritan, Revolutionary War, Schuyler County, Stackpole House, Thomas Avery, William Prescott, WWII 21 Comments