Mark Maynard

Trump says he wants the story of Cesar Sayoc to “disappear rapidly.” We cannot allow that to happen.

By Mark | October 27, 2018

This is Trump supporter Cesar Sayoc. He was arrested yesterday in Florida and charged with sending at least 13 explosive devices to prominent Democrats and others who have been critical of the President. While there are still some on the far right who are maintaining that this was a “false flag” operation perpetrated by Democrats […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged assassination, call to action, Cesar Sayoc, conspiracy theorist, Donald Trump, fake news, false flag, Florida, George Soros, get out the vote, Hillary Clinton, Lenny Altieri, Lock Her Up, MAGA, mail bombs, midterm elections, political violence, Qanon, recruitment and radicalization activity, Rush Limbaugh, tan suit, unpresidential, violent rhetoric, voting, white supremacist | 99 Comments

Michigan Musicians on Vacation: Misty Lyn Bergeron communing among the redwoods

By Mark | December 3, 2013

A few weeks ago, kind of on a whim, I reached out to a local musician and asked if he’d be willing to talk about a recent vacation he’d taken to Gettysburg. It went well. I enjoyed hearing about something that he was insanely passionate about, and I think he enjoyed, for a change, talking […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Michigan, Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arlo, Avenue of the Giants, bartending, Big Love, Big Sur, Bill Hicks, birth stories, blue green algae, burgers, buruli ulcer, Carmel, Carnival Cruise, community service, consumption, cruise, crying, East of Eden, Eli Eisman, epiphanies, fast food, Garden City, gardening, gated communities, Glen Campbell, Grey Goose, Halliburton, Hee Haw, Hee Haw Honeys, hippies, how to be a better human being, Iggy Pop, interviews, John Steinbeck, Joseph Campbell, Lake Michigan, Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, Lust for Life, malaria, martinis, Matt Jones, Michigan Musicians on Vacation, Misty Lyn, Misty Lyn Bergeron, musicians, musicians breaking the law, nature, polygamy, private property, private roads, Rawlins, redwoods, Rhinestone Cowboy, Salt Flats, San Francisco, Seva, Siddhartha, solitude, spiritual quests, spirituality, sun poisoning, Timothy Monger, travel, travel tips, trees, Utah, vacations, vegetarianism, vertigo, Zen, Zion National Park. | 6 Comments

This weekend’s many violent crimes, what they mean about our community, and how we should respond

By Mark | October 21, 2013

While I was away this past weekend, it would seem all hell broke loose in Ypsilanti. An Eastern Michigan University student athlete by the name of Demarius Reed was shot to death in an apparent robbery on Friday morning, after leaving a party at the University Green Apartments, at the 700 block of West Clark […]

Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Abe's Coney Island, armed robbery, city income tax, Demarius Reed, dice, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, EMU Police Department, full moon, gun violence, hunter's moon, Laura Dickinson, Leforge, local income tax, Orange Taylor, Peninsular Place Apartments, perception of crime, Pete Murdock, police investigations, public safety, Putnam Residence Hall, rape, robbery, Steve Pierce, Stop City Income Tax, street lights, Susan Martin, Tony DiGiusti, University Green Apartments, violence, Walton Residence Hall, Ypsilanti police department | 68 Comments

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Trump says he wants the story of Cesar Sayoc to “disappear rapidly.” We cannot allow that to happen.

Michigan Musicians on Vacation: Misty Lyn Bergeron communing among the redwoods

This weekend’s many violent crimes, what they mean about our community, and how we should respond

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