I don’t dislike the military. I think we, as a nation, spend far too much on it, and I think that we’d ultimately be better served by investing a great deal of that money on education, alternative energy research and any number of other things instead, but, in general, I don’t have an issue with […]
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With all due respect to our nation’s veterans, I’m celebrating Armistice Day
Posted in Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 1918, Armistice Day, Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut, military, veterans, Veterans' Day, war, WWI, WWII 33 Comments
Announcing that five Ypsi schools share one librarian, 826 Michigan asks for volunteers to staff libraries so that our children can once again check out books
When I received the above message earlier this afternoon, I didn’t think there was any way that it could possibly be true… I knew, of course, that Ypsi’s schools had suffered severe cuts. Just a few weeks ago, I’d watched Linette design a poster for Fly Children’s Art Center, drawing attention to the fact that […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Education, Ypsilanti Also tagged 826Michigan, Amanda Uhle, Amy Sumerton, Big Bird, books, budget cuts, Bush tax cuts, childhood, deregulation, dismantling of public education, epic rants, FLY Children's Art Center, librarians, libraries, Mitt Romney, PBS, public education, tax the rich, Wall Street deregulation, Ypsilanti Public Schools 43 Comments