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Escape to Beaver Island

By Mark | September 1, 2013

I’m sorry for running off and leaving you these past few days, but I needed a break. Clementine and I, desperate for a little father-daughter time away from the hassle of everyday life, headed north to Beaver Island, where we crashed with some old friends. And, for the first time in over a decade, I […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Michigan, Photographs | Also tagged attacks against Mark, beaches, Beaver Island, Clementine, Dragon, islands, Jason Wright, Maria Cotera, nature, parenting tips, sand, sand castles, toys, turtles, Upper Peninsula, utopian communities, vacations | 16 Comments

Walking the secret passageways of Harry Bennett’s heavily-fortified Ypsilanti castle

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, New Deal, PM Magazine, private armies, race baiting, River Rouge, safe house, secret passageways, strike breaking, threats to the middle class, tigers, turrets, union busting | 36 Comments

Wisconsin’s attack against the working class, and the role of the Koch brothers

By Mark | February 22, 2011

The weirdness is apparently continuing in Wisconsin. From what I can tell, the public employee unions have indicated a willingness to negotiate pay and benefit cuts. The Governor, however, has refused to take them up on the offer, choosing instead to pursue the elimination of their right to bargain collectively. So, if there are still […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Americans for Prosperity, Build a statue of Robocop in Detroit, collective bargaining, conspiracy theories, Gordon Hintz, Heavenly Touch Massage Parlor, Koch brothers, Koch Industries, labor history, Lee Fang, Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, MacIver Institute, Margaret Farrow, Michele Grebe, Nancy MacLean, Palin Truth Squad, public employee unions, restricting the internet, Scott Walker, sexual misconduct, shutting down the internet, tea party, the growing gap between rich and poor, there is a stench in this body, threats to Democracy, threats to the middle class, transparency, UAW, union busting, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, WisconsinEye, workers rights | 21 Comments

Man climbs Ypsilanti tree, refuses to leave

By Mark | June 24, 2009

Were you wondering why the news choppers were circling Ypsi earlier this evening? The following clip comes from WDIV television in Detroit: Man Continues Peaceful Tree Protest DTE Wants To Clear Space For Transmission System YPSILANTI, Mich. — A Ypsilanti man is camping out in a tree behind his house in protest of a utility […]

Posted in Environment, Media, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Bill Riney, DTE, helicopters buzzing Ypsi, ITC, protest, the press, transmission lines, trees, WDIV Detroit | 30 Comments

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Escape to Beaver Island

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