Every so often, on Facebook, Roger Ebert posts his submissions to The New Yorker’s weekly Cartoon Caption Contest. I’ve never given it a shot, as I don’t think I really have a handle on the editorial voice of The New Yorker, but, as I’m laying in bed sick at the moment, with nothing better to […]
Tag Archives: Tom Monaghan
No Rubbers at Domino’s Farms: Tom Monaghan granted another temporary injunction against Obamacare contraception mandate by Judge Lawrence Zaktoff
Finding common cause with the freedom fighters of the adult film industry, Domino’s Pizza founder Tom Monaghan won a big legal victory late last week, ensuring, at least for the time being, that he’d be able to keep his Michigan workplace condom-free. On Thursday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Zatkoff ruled in Tom Monaghan’s favor, […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan Also tagged Affordable Care Act, Ave Maria, Boogie Down Productions, Catholicism, Christian dominionists, College Republicans, contraception, discrimination, Domino's Farms, Domino's Pizza, family planning, fundamentalist religion, hypocrisy, injunction, jimmy hat, Justin Zatkoff, Lawrence Paul Zatkoff, legal discrimination, Obamacare, religion, rewriting history, Scientology, separation of church and state, Texas, University of Detroit Mercy 23 Comments
Grand Rapids shows us how economic development is done right… home-grown food entrepreneurship over dollar stores
A few months ago, when I was in Grand Rapids, attending the annual BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies) conference, I had the occasion to hear a speech given by the city’s Mayor, George Heartwell. I can’t find my notes at the moment, but I seem to recall that, buried somewhere in the long […]
Posted in Economics, entrepreneurism, Environment, Michigan, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Amway, Ave Maria, BALLE, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, David Frey, economic development, false equivalence, farmers market, food entrepreneurship, food hubs, Grand Action, Grand Rapids, hope, infrastructure, local food, local food production, national chains, Water Street, Water Street Redevelopment Project 42 Comments