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I know things are tight in Michigan, but Elizabeth Warren deserves a few more of our dollars

I’m not generally inclined to send my money out of state to support candidates running for office, but I find it difficult to restrain myself when it comes to Elizabeth Warren. Not only do I think that we need to win back the historically-Democratic Senate seat in Massachusetts that Scott Brown currently holds, but I […]

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Walk, Wag and Run event raises over $125,000 for the Humane Society of Huron Valley… local dogs appear unappreciative

My friend Melissa likes dogs more than people… She likes dogs so much, that, a few days ago, when you and I were still at home, in our warm beds, she was out running, raising money for the Humane Society of Huron Valley . (The event, I believe, was called “Walk, Wag and Run.”) I […]

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$500 matching grant announced for contributions made to Ozone House by the end of the day today

Last night, I mentioned here that a dozen or so friends and I, through the micro-philonthropic organization, A2Awesome, had contributed $1,000 to Ozone House, a local nonprofit that has been serving runaway, homeless and at-risk youth since the 1960s. The response, as you might expect, was overwhelmingly positive. There was, however, one dissenting voice. Our […]

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Update on tonight’s Cycle Powered Cinema event

It’s a beautiful day in Ypsi, and things are looking good for the event this evening. I’m on my way now to pick up the keg, but, before I go, I wanted to mention a few things that I left out of yesterday’s update on this first test run of the Cycle Powered Cinema project. […]

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Heather Graham for the public option

The folks at MoveOn got the actress Heather Graham and her boyfriend, a director, to produce an ad about the public option. And what they’ve come up with is pretty good. (What could be more American than competition?) And now they want to get it on the air.That’s going to take money, though… So, if […]

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