By Mark | February 21, 2012
I just received a note from Nathan Ayers, the guy who won the first $1,000 grant from A2Awesome. He wanted to let me know that, back in 1984, the television program PM Magazine ran a feature on Harry Bennett’s fortress on the banks of the Huron River, in Ypsilanti. Bennett, for those of you don’t […]
Posted in A2Awesome, History, Ypsilanti | Also tagged anti-Semitic, automotive industry, Battle of the Overpass, castles, Charles Coughlin, Communism, exotic animals, FDR, fear of Communism, Flint, Ford Hunger March, Ford Motor Company, Ford Service Department, Ford's Service Department, General Motors, Great Depression, Greenfield Village, Harry Bennett, Harry Bennett's Castle, Henry Ford, Hilter, Huron River, industrial revolution, labor history, lions, mansions, manufacturing, middle class, murder, Nathan Ayers, PM Magazine, private armies, race baiting, River Rouge, safe house, secret passageways, strike breaking, threats to the middle class, tigers, turrets, union busting, Walter Reuther |
By Mark | November 8, 2011
According to PBS, it was on this day in 1933 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the Civil Works Administration, “a component of his New Deal that helped America pull through the Great Depression of the 1930s by creating millions of construction jobs for unemployed Americans.” If you have a drink in your hand, please […]
Posted in History | Also tagged 1933, American Experience, Civil Works Administration, Congress, Ezra Klein, FDR, Great Depression, infrastructure, jobs, jobs bill, November 8 |
By Mark | September 17, 2011
A little while ago, someone in the comments section suggested that I watch Rachel Maddow’s interview with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. I’m watching it now, and finding it incredibly interesting. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Posted in energy, Media, Politics | Also tagged Billy Graham, budget deficit, Camp David Accord, campaign finance reform, Jimmy Carter, lobbying, Middle East peace, moral majority, Obama, Palestinian rights, Palestinian statehood, partisan politics, Rachel Maddow, religious right, Rick Perry, Ronald Reagan, separation of church and state, social security |
Psychology professor Drew Westen (Emory University) has a fascinating opinion piece in today’s New York Times. Here’s a clip for those of you who can’t scale the pay wall. …When Barack Obama stepped into the Oval Office, he stepped into a cycle of American history, best exemplified by F.D.R. and his distant cousin, Teddy. After […]
We gave in to the Congressional Republicans on the debt ceiling debate on almost every issue. We agreed not to raise taxes on the wealthy. We agreed not to tighten loopholes that allowed them to hide their assets elsewhere. We said that, instead, we would slash government spending. We were told that there wasn’t a […]
Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged budget deficit, Bush tax cuts, credit ratings, debt ceiling, Dick Cheney, federal budget, George Bush, national debt, Obama, Paul Begala, revolution, starve the beast, we need a revolution |
